We focus our work on concrete ways to reduce, prevent, and end homelessness.
Vote Housing
Every day in Canada, 1.7 million households live in a home that is either unaffordable, overcrowded, or needs major repairs. 35,000 people experience homelessness on any given night.
THIS IS A HOUSING EMERGENCY
Homelessness was at a level of crisis when Ottawa City Council declared the housing emergency in January 2020 but the situation has only worsened. Not only is Ottawa not building enough new low rent affordable housing, we are losing much of the older, affordable housing stock.
Ottawa Giving Project
The Ottawa Giving Project is a collaborative effort to make donating winter items easy to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Due to COVID, community agencies have less space and fewer volunteers to sort through donations.
This is a-three month partnership between RESPOND Ottawa, agencies across the city, and the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa.
Expert Steering Team
To truly create system-level change, we need the expertise of people with firsthand experience of homelessness. Our Expert Steering Team will work together to bring their knowledge, strengths, and skills to the Alliance and working groups across the sector. Their work will impact the way we create policies and processes to prevent and end homelessness in Ottawa.
Are you or your organization interested in working with the Expert Steering Team? Get in touch at info[at]endhomelessness.ca or call 343-552-0202.
Systems Inventory
Understanding people’s pathways in the homelessness system is an important part of creating robust coordinated access where people can get the help they need while only telling their story once. Taking inventory of all of the poverty-reduction services, agencies, and programs will help us build a more interconnected system of shared resources. Working together effectively helps people better access the resources they need. Together, we’re greater than the sum of our parts.
