Help build a new national housing plan for Canada from the community up. The Wellesley Institute would like to to take 20 minutes or so to complete an on-line survey as a first step in joining an emerging national housing and homelessness network that is working towards a national housing strategy that would support Canada’s diverse […]
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Ontario Government: Improve SROI With Strategic Investments In Innovation, Housing And Health
The Wellesley Institute calls on the Ontario government to take a multi-sectoral 10-year approach to maximizing its social return on investment. In a 15-minute presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs of the Ontario Legislature (see the official Committee transcript) on Monday, February 1, Rick Blickstead outlined three major recommendations for strategic investment. […]
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Housing, health, human rights forum webcast live Jan 21 and 22
Two of the four sessions of the two-day forum “Housing, Health and Human Rights: Exploring the connections in Canada and globally” will be webcast live on Jan 21 and 22. Watch them here. Keynote speaker for the forum is Miloon Kothari, former United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. Other experts include Audrey […]
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Respect housing / human rights, warns OMB as it strikes down restrictive Kitchener planning rules
Equity and human rights are critical components of land use planning, according to a precedent-setting decision by the Ontario Municipal Board in January of 2010 that struck down restrictive Kitchener by-laws. Municipalities are legally bound by the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Veteran MPP Jim Bradley named Ontario housing minister
Veteran MPP Jim Bradley, who has served in the Ontario Legislature for more than 30 years, has been named the new Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing in an Ontario cabinet shuffle announced this afternoon.
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Outs and ins at Ontario's housing ministry: Watson out, Gerretsen in (for now)
Ontario housing minister Jim Watson resigned earlier today so that he can seek election at Mayor of Ottawa in the fall elections, and former housing minister John Gerretsen has been temporarily moved back into the Ontario government’s senior housing post.
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National housing bill suspended – just like Parliament!
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper suspended Parliament for three months in late December, he also froze the progress towards creating a long overdue national housing plan for Canada.
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'Refreshed' Compact recognizes the vital role of the non-profit sector in Britain
Britain is far ahead of Canada in recognizing the vital importance of the non-profit sector, and in setting out a mature partnership between the national government and the third sector. Earlier today, the UK government released its ‘refreshed’ Compact for the Third Sector – which sets out shared commitments and guidelines for effective partnership between government […]
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Urban Settings Knowledge Network
About the Network Web Site: Urban Settings Knowledge Network Organizational Hub: WHO Centre for Health Development, Kobe, Japan. Reports Our cities, our health, our future: Acting on social determinants for health equity in urban settings Author(s): Tord Kjellstrom Published: July 2007 Summary: This report looks at the social determinants of health that are […]
Ontario's 'affordable' homes aren't affordable to those who need them the most: New report from auditor-general
More than half the new “affordable” housing funded by the Ontario government isn’t really affordable to the households that need it the most. That’s one of the devastating findings in the Ontario auditor-general’s latest annual report, released today. “A provincial strategy is needed to define the Ministry [of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s] roles, set measurable goals […]