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Exec Dir @wrlegalservices Social Justice, A2J and human rights ✌️🍁🇨🇦#Housing4All
Waterloo, Ontario
Joined October 2022
In just over 2 years, 91 people died while unhoused in Hamilton, researchers find https://t.co/uvpH1VJ3IY
cbc.ca
At least 21 people died while experiencing homelessness in Hamilton between June and November 2023, newly released data from the Hamilton Homeless Mortality Data Project shows. And since the group...
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Great work by our colleagues @LegalClinicYR
"City cracks down on encampment at Milligan's Pond. Barrie bylaw officers issued a violation notice at Milligan's Pond to an individual camping without a permit." CLCYR persuades them to back off.
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Cambridge encampment to remain in place until next court hearing
ctvnews.ca
A superior court has temporarily blocked the eviction of a Cambridge, Ont. encampment while it hears the case for an emergency injunction against the city.
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Important new paper on the law respecting homeless folks’ belongings. Municipalities generally take and discard these belongings without a second thought.
belongingsmatter.ca
This report compiles and analyses the multiple laws and regulations that govern people and their belongings. This helps us understand how law contributes to the marginalization of unhoused and...
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Finland reduced homeless by 30% in 3 years by converting shelters and transitional programs to permanent housing. Scotland is following suit. Canada must do the same.
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Waterloo Region should consider legal protection for tenants against 'renovicting' landlords - https://t.co/8JPbdXHnZ2
#GoogleAlerts
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Evicting #encampments doesn't suddenly make people housed; it just means time, money, and resources are wasted to commit atrocious harm and violate people's rights, all while forcing them into less visible and more dangerous spaces outdoors.
theprovince.com
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Important debate in Hamilton next week. Council will vote on a new anti-renoviction bylaw. Bylaw is impressive & will be huge step to stop unjust evictions. Could be a model for other cities. Kudos to @AcornHamilton for their advocacy & leadership https://t.co/g2bHoymSHs
thespec.com
Staff propose renovation licences, obligation to secure tenants alternative accommodations
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#Edmonton: Thanks to the work of @coalition4jhr and other advocates, @edmontonpolice’s plan to evict several encampments has been delayed and additional protections for residents implemented. –MJ
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The graph in this post says it all. #OntarioWorks rates need to be increased - at least doubled. The rules on income clawbacks need to be changed as well. We cannot continue with social assistance policies that trap people who have fallen on hard times into unending poverty.
A single person on social assistance (Ontario Works) gets $733 a month or $8,796 a year, frozen since October 2018. Meanwhile the cost of food alone went like that. https://t.co/kL5TNezbv0
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Judge considers further submissions in case to remove Kingston encampment - https://t.co/NNszSgQCZw
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Encampment resident worries while awaiting court decision on whether Kingston can evict 'It's draining on your soul, on your mind,' says Rick Sero, who lives in Belle Park
cbc.ca
A two-day hearing to determine if Kingston, Ont., can receive a court order to clear the tents and makeshift shelters at Belle Park wrapped up Tuesday. The judge reserved his decision, meaning it...
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Kelowna to build 120 tiny homes to help prevent encampments in the city | CBC News
cbc.ca
The City of Kelowna and the province are building 120 tiny homes to help address the growing homelessness crisis in the Okanagan city.
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ICYMI: Cambridge encampments: ‘I don’t see any short-term solution’ https://t.co/jUK1GSFhM3 via @wr_record
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Supply alone will not solve a problem that large sections of Canada’s population don’t want to fix, says @ricardo_tranjan. Read an excerpt from his new book, The Tenant Class: https://t.co/IEQ6ExN0rk
thewalrus.ca
Supply alone will not solve a problem that large sections of the population don’t want to fix
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Join experts and organizers to get answers and take action. @leilanifarha of @Make_TheShift
@ricardo_tranjan of @ccpa Amy Darwish of Comité d'action de Parc-Extension Jade Ho of @YVRTenantsUnion
@chipadovani of @YSWtenants RSVP for Zoom link: https://t.co/VWEw58gpss
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We need Charter compliant responses not enforcement @cityofcambridge
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