Oceanside Homelessness Task Force – District 69, Parksville, BC
Finding Solutions for Our Community's Homeless
“People with homes, please listen and heed this, the people surviving in the outdoors DO NOT want to be there, no matter how many times you’re told otherwise,” said Mark Russell in a letter to the editor. Continue reading COLUMN: Walking the streets of Parksville
The container homes began as a local Rotary Club project and now Dawn to Dawn Action on Homelessness is helping find a home for people either from the streets or other non-suitable housing. Continue reading Container homes the answer to homelessness, says Comox Valley group
Registration is now open and can be completed online at cnoy.org/location/oceansideparksville. Participants need only commit to a fundraising goal, and walk. No registration fee is required to participate. All funds raised for walking in Parksville will go toward local programs supporting people impacted by homelessness. Continue reading Coldest Night of the Year walk in Parksville goes virtual for 2021
Check out a Community Profile Snapshot from the Canadian Rental Housing Index presented by the BC Non-Profit Housing Association (BCNPHA). It provides customizable infographics of rental housing information pertaining to households, affordability, overspending and overcrowding in your municipality, region or province/territory. Note that in this, the Courtenay-Alberni riding, 49% of rental households spend more than … Continue reading Local BCNPHA rental housing statistics
The warming centres are located at 489 Wallace St. and 285 Prideaux St. and operated by the Society for Equity, Inclusion and Advocacy and 7-10 Club, respectively. They are funded by about $110,000 in grants from the United Way and the federal government’s Reaching Home homelessness strategy. https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/two-warming-centres-provide-food-drinks-and-daytime-shelter-to-homeless-in-nanaimo-1.24269172 Continue reading Two warming centres provide food, drinks and daytime shelter to homeless in Nanaimo
The new sleeping cabins will mean nearly 40 people that were living in tents will now have a heated and dry place to stay every night. Continue reading Emergency shelter units for the homeless arrive in the Cowichan Valley
Research conducted in Canada and elsewhere has demonstrated the feasibility, effectiveness, and cost savings associated with recovery-oriented housing. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/julian-somers-addiction-homelessness-and-evidence-to-build-back-better Continue reading Opinion: Addiction, homelessness and ways to improve
End Homelessness Winnipeg (EHW), an Indigenous agency that advocates for unsheltered Winnipeggers, has released a guide to help residents understand and interact with people experiencing homelessness. https://winnipegsun.com/news/news-news/homeless-need-support-not-stigma-and-stereotypes-homelessness-advocate-says Continue reading Homeless need support, not stigma and stereotypes, homelessness advocate says
After an emotional Christmas a hand-written Christmas card from a local person experiencing homelessness arrived anonymously on their doorstep that had both the Hughes in tears. Continue reading Card from person experiencing homelessness brings Penticton woman to tears
Big national strategies often struggle to make progress but, from Trieste to Helsinki, individual cities are reducing – and even ending – homelessness https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/10/homelessness-is-not-inevitable-and-can-be-solved-these-cities-show-us-how Continue reading Homelessness can be solved – these cities show us how
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