Homelessness in Vancouver

Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy - The Government of Canada announces strategy to reduce chronic homelessness by 50% over the next ten years

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Monday, June 11, 2018
Distribution of wealth, Homelessness, Housing, Humanitarian aid, Poverty, Socioeconomics, Street performance, Economy, Homelessness in Vancouver, National Alliance to End Homelessness

Over the past year, the Government of Canada consulted with stakeholders, provinces, territories, Indigenous partners, and people with lived experience of homelessness on how to modernize programming to better prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada.

Key Points: 
  • Over the past year, the Government of Canada consulted with stakeholders, provinces, territories, Indigenous partners, and people with lived experience of homelessness on how to modernize programming to better prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada.
  • The Homelessness Partnering Strategy EngagementWhat We Heard Report2018 contains highlights from feedback received throughout the consultation process.
  • The Government released the Advisory Committee on Homelessness' Final Report and the Homelessness Partnering StrategyWhat We Heard Report on May 18, 2018.
  • Throughout the engagement process, the Government heard that the greatest asset of the current Homelessness Partnering Strategy is that it is a community-based program.

Government of Canada releases the Advisory Committee on Homelessness' Final Report and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy Engagement What We Heard Report 2018

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Friday, May 18, 2018
Distribution of wealth, Homelessness in Canada, Homelessness, Economy, Culture, Homelessness in Vancouver, National Alliance to End Homelessness

Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, announced the release of the Advisory Committee on Homelessness Final Report and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy Engagement What We Heard Report 2018.

Key Points: 
  • Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, announced the release of the Advisory Committee on Homelessness Final Report and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy Engagement What We Heard Report 2018.
  • The Government of Canada launched an engagement process in 2017 to provide advice on how to improve the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS).
  • The Advisory Committee on Homelessness Final Report outlines 53 specific recommendations to provide advice to the Government of Canada for the redesign of the federal homelessness program and, more generally, to tackle homelessness in Canada.
  • The Homelessness Partnering Strategy Engagement What We Heard Report 2018 contains highlights from the feedback received throughout all engagement activities undertaken in 2017.