Canada's National HIV/AIDS and Housing Portal
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Maxine Davis, Director of the Dr. Peter Foundation in Vancouver, BC describes the care of people with HIV/AIDS as “complex care,” because the often unstable lives of HIV positive individuals makes it very difficult for them to access or sustain treatment.
“As a health care system we haven’t figured out how to effectively connect and engage people in a sustained way with the treatment…It is because the profile of individuals who have yet to benefit from HIV treatment are individual’s whose lives are made very chaotic by mental illness and addiction,” …
Find publications related to housing and HIV/AIDS, including academic publications, reports, and grey literature.
Learn about organizations across Canada offering services related to housing and HIV/AIDS. Services include: housing search support, housing for PHA’s, nutrition, mediation, etc.
Use listings to find organizations that provide housing or services related to housing, such as housing search support, waitlists, housing registries, landlord/tenant mediation, etc.
SERVICES: housing registry, referrals
ABOUT: The Housing Registry Network (HRN) is a user friendly website that provides people at risk of becoming or remaining homeless, the means to access a varied inventory of low cost rental housing and resources citywide. It also provides a free opportunity for people with space to rent to list their housing options on the network. It is distinguished from other housing registries by its listing of housing options for specialized groups and for its agency compendium …
SERVICES: Advocacy; bus tickets (for residents and emergencies); complex care facility care for people with HIV/AIDS; complimentary therapy; computer use; condom distribution; Conflict resolution; Counselling; dietary counseling; food programs; healthy sexuality; Hospice/palliative care; informational materials; library; Life skills assistance; medical care; medications; Needle exchange; nursing…
SERVICES: supportive housing, transitional housing, 24 hour care, counselling, Life skills assistance, nutrition, advocacy, case management, substance use counselling, substance use referrals, prevention, education, complementary therapy, bereavement support, treatment information, palliative care, research (community-based research)
ABOUT: Founded in 1988, Bruce House is a community-based organization providing housing, compassionate care and support in Ottawa for people living with HIV and AIDS, based on the belief that everyone has the right to live and die with dignity…
SERVICES: Supportive housing, palliative care, case management, transitional care, education
ABOUT: The SHARP Foundation (Society Housing AIDS/HIV Restricted Persons) is a Calgary-based non-profit charitable organization with a mandate to provide a ‘wholistic’ (medical, physical, psychosocial and spiritual aspects) continuum of care…
SERVICES: Tenant Infoline, website, publications, public legal education sessions, advocacy training workshops, policy, inter-agency support, leadership
ABOUT: TRAC Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre is an educational charity that provides information about residential tenancy law in BC. We deliver this information through our website, multilingual publications, our Tenant Infoline, as …
