ABSTRACT: Rooming houses are the only truly affordable housing provided by the private market. However, in the former city of Toronto, they are often chaotic living environments that make it difficult for tenants, many of whom are recovering from …

ABSTRACT: Local Government is considered ideally placed to deliver on the mandate of sustainable human settlements development in South Africa. In recognition of this, the delivery of sustainable and integrated human settlements is one of the key objectives of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) Municipality. In a context where large numbers of people continue to live in unsuitable conditions, far away from opportunities and facilities, improving the livelihoods of its marginalised communities is a critical imperative. To achieve this objective, the NMBM Municipality has developed a number of key strategies and plans which …

Abstract: Homelessness affects HIV risk and health, but little is known about the longitudinal effects of rental assistance on the housing status and health of homeless and unstably housed people living with HIV/AIDS. Homeless/unstably housed people living with HIV/AIDS (N = 630) were randomly assigned to immediate Housing Opportunities for People with …

ABSTRACT: This community based research project began as a simple enquiry into the nature of peer delivered housing support, in the hopes of designing an ideal model for a supportive housing project which is currently under construction in Parkdale, Toronto. Edmond Place is the Parkdale Activity‐Recreation Centre’s prodigious enterprise which will provide 29 furnished units in a beautifully renovated historic building – the same neglected edifice that at one time housed more than 50 psychiatric survivors before it closed due to fire. Edmond Place will be funded and …

Marshall, B. D. L., Kerr, T., Qi, J., Montaner, J. S. G., & Wood, E. (2010). Public injecting and HIV risk behaviour among street-involved youth. Drug and alcohol dependence, 110(3), 254-8.
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND:
Although street-involved youth who inject illicit drugs are known to be at an increased risk of HIV and other adverse health outcomes, little is known about public injecting among this population and how injecting in public environments may impact HIV risk behaviour.
METHODS:
We used data derived from a study of 560 street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada to examine the factors associated …

Abstract: Positive Spaces, Healthy Places (PSHP) is the first longitudinal community-based research (CBR) initiative in Canada to examine housing stability and its relationship to health related quality of life (HRQOL) for people living with of HIV/AIDS (PHAs). As part of our mixed method data collection strategy in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted …

Gaetz, Stephen (2010). Editorial: The Struggle to End Homelessness in Canada: How we Created the Crisis, and How We Can End it. Open Health Services and Policy Journal. 3:21-26.

ABSTRACT: The current Canadian response to homelessness focuses on prevention, rapid transition out of homelessness, and the provision of emergency services. However, until the structural conditions that create and perpetuate homelessness are addressed, efforts to end homelessness will be limited at best. In this editorial, the director of the Canadian Homelessness…

Housing Network of Ontario (2010). Building the Foundation of Ontario’s Future: 5 Tests for Success of Ontario’s Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy. Ontario.

ABSTRACT: The Ontario government has committed to creating Ontario’s first Long Term Affordable Housing Strategy by June 2009. This historic opportunity comes at just the right time. This documents shows how the Housing Network of Ontario will assess the long-term housing strategy…

Olivet, Jeffrey, Bassuk, Ellen, Elstad, Emily, Kenney, Rachael, Jassil, Lauren (2010). Outreach and Engagement in Homeless Services: A Review of the Literature. Open Health Services and Policy Journal. 3: 53-70.

ABSTRACT: Outreach and engagement are regarded by many who work in homeless programs as essential services. Outreach on the streets and in shelters is often the first point of contact for people who are not served by traditional sitebased services and …

Lola Adele-Oso is a community organizer with the National AIDS Housing Coalition in Washington, D.C. This blog post on TheBody.com connects the issues of housing and HIV/AIDS from a human rights perspective.