http://blog.shscorp.ca an SHSC blog Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:50:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/11/18/housing-the-mentally-ill-reflections-on-the-lesage-report-recommendations/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/11/18/housing-the-mentally-ill-reflections-on-the-lesage-report-recommendations/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:55:46 +0000 Liz McGuire http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=2412 At age 81, Al Gosling was evicted from a Toronto Community Housing building for failure to pay rent. He subsequently became homeless and died of an infection five months later. The high profile case spurred the Lesage Report, which highlighted a troubled relationship between the role of social housing landlord and tenants with mental health issues. But the report’s recommendations have left housing providers wondering about the extent and responsibilities of their role. ]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/11/18/housing-the-mentally-ill-reflections-on-the-lesage-report-recommendations/feed/ 1 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/09/08/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-special-priority-policy-and-waiting-lists-in-ontario/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/09/08/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-special-priority-policy-and-waiting-lists-in-ontario/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:40:01 +0000 Jennifer Logan http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=2184 The first phase of a study on Ontario’s Special Priority Policy (SPP) Impact Study was recently released by a joint research task force. SPP allows victims of domestic abuse special priority for social housing, which became a legal requirement for all social housing providers with the Social Housing Reform Act, 2000.]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/09/08/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-special-priority-policy-and-waiting-lists-in-ontario/feed/ 0 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/07/08/first-of-its-kind-research-on-how-redevelopment-impacts-residents-health/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/07/08/first-of-its-kind-research-on-how-redevelopment-impacts-residents-health/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:19:14 +0000 Lisa Oliveira http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=1773 Dr. James Dunn, an internationally renowned scientist who specializes in the health impacts of housing and neighbourhood interventions, is studying the health impacts on residents through Toronto's Regent Park Social Housing Redevelopment Project. With only six studies done like this in the last 100 years, this unique research project merits much attention by those working in the housing sector.]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/07/08/first-of-its-kind-research-on-how-redevelopment-impacts-residents-health/feed/ 3 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/04/01/symposium-on-poverty-housing-and-homelessness/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/04/01/symposium-on-poverty-housing-and-homelessness/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:48:48 +0000 SHSC http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=1421 On March 4, 2011, the Canadian Senate marked the one year anniversary of the release of its report In From the Margins: A Call to Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness with a symposium. Led by Senator Art Eggleton, the key proponent of the report, the symposium focused on reviewing the progress made on its recommendations – which call for all levels of government to take an integrated, “housing first” approach to homelessness and poverty.]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/04/01/symposium-on-poverty-housing-and-homelessness/feed/ 0 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/01/12/poverty-by-postal-code-2-vertical-poverty-what-does-this-mean-for-toronto/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/01/12/poverty-by-postal-code-2-vertical-poverty-what-does-this-mean-for-toronto/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:55:04 +0000 Jennifer Logan http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=1322 This week United Way, Toronto released “Poverty By Postal Code 2: Vertical Poverty,” a research study partially funded by SHSC.]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/01/12/poverty-by-postal-code-2-vertical-poverty-what-does-this-mean-for-toronto/feed/ 0 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/08/04/getting-the-net-social-housing-and-the-role-of-municipal-governments/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/08/04/getting-the-net-social-housing-and-the-role-of-municipal-governments/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:53:12 +0000 Liz McGuire http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=965 The Federation of Canadian Municipalities recently published a report that looks at the growing need for municipalities to fill the gap in social services left by the reduction of provincial and federal funding. This report has attracted praise and support from a variety of quarters.]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/08/04/getting-the-net-social-housing-and-the-role-of-municipal-governments/feed/ 0 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/05/06/quick-fire-questions-for-helen-looker/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/05/06/quick-fire-questions-for-helen-looker/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 13:40:11 +0000 Liz McGuire http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=640 Helen recently took time to answer some questions about her paper The Homeownership Component of the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program: Critical Analysis of Program Objectives. More>>]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/05/06/quick-fire-questions-for-helen-looker/feed/ 0 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/02/23/whats-good-for-the-interns-is-good-for-the-sectors-policy-capacity/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/02/23/whats-good-for-the-interns-is-good-for-the-sectors-policy-capacity/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:23:32 +0000 Dave Colangelo http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=425 Here's a concept: sponsor Master's and PhD level students to write housing-related papers, connect them with mentors in the field, and give them the opportunity to present their findings at high-profile housing events. This is exactly what SHSC, with the help of Canadian Policy and Research Networks (CPRN), has done over the past three and a half years. More>>]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/02/23/whats-good-for-the-interns-is-good-for-the-sectors-policy-capacity/feed/ 0 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/02/02/research-point-towards-growing-inequality-by-geography/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/02/02/research-point-towards-growing-inequality-by-geography/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:52:51 +0000 Dave Colangelo http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=387 Speaking at the Canadian Urban Institute’s breakfast seminar on January 13, Dr. J. David Hulchanski, one of Toronto Neighbourhoods Research Network’s conveners and professor in the Faculty of Social Work, spoke on the issue of Toronto’s growing income gap. More>>]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/02/02/research-point-towards-growing-inequality-by-geography/feed/ 0