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Houseless people to are human and should not be looked at separately because they are who makes our communities unique; they have a right to be thought of as such. Burklo (2005) wrote that “Indigenous need not connote indigence. It is not a term that necessarily indicates poverty or houselessness. It is a mistake to presume that only seniors or disabled or houseless or unemployable people are homebound.” (p. 6). This is reason people need to make houselessness a terminated factor by equipping the people with better access to educational preparedness, affordable higher education, more jobs, etc. Homelessness is intolerable, but it is not inevitable. An effort for our people to provide an increase in jobs that give wages better than minimum, support to Americans with disabilities, affordable housing and an agreement in the senate on Obama Care. Better care America to our houseless people.

The issue of homelessness in regard to shelter in Australia has been prevalent for an extended period of time in the 21st century. Homelessness is the situation in which individuals are unable to attain a permanent and adequate quality of shelter. Shelter is a human right as stated under article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which specifies “Housing” as part of the standard of living required for an individual to maintain their wellbeing. Australia’s law specifies no legal right to shelter, however as a party of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the Australian government must recognise that all individuals should be entitled to “an adequate standard of living for themself and their family”, where one criteria is “adequate housing” as stated in article 11. It is imperative that in order to fulfil both Australia’s obligation to uphold human rights and maintain social cohesion within society both legal and non-legal responses are effective in dealing with both the causes and effects of homelessness.

23 per cent of Indigenous Australians lived in overcrowded households in 2012-13. In very remote areas the proportion was 53-63 per cent.

One way D.C. can enhance the performance of Rapid Re-Housing programs and lower the rate of individuals/families returning back to homelessness is to emulate the model that NYC has been following for the past few years. A few years ago NYC launched the Home to Stay program (Bornstein, 2014). Home to Stay is a partnership between New York’s Department of Homeless Services and four other organizations committed to fighting homelessness (Bornstein, 2014). Home to Stay uses an evidence-based protocol known as Family Critical Time Intervention which is intended to motivate individuals and heads of families over nine months to take an advantage of support services, such as addiction and mental health counseling, conflict mediation, and improvement of job prospects (Bornstein, 2014). The program follows an extensive and rigorous screening procedure in order identify and select the most vulnerable and needy homeless individuals and families who must have access to the supportive services the program provides (Bornstein, 2014). Though Home to Stay does not target the homelessness population as a whole, program expansion is a future possibility. While there is no concrete data that measures the performance of Home to Stay, testimonies from individuals and families that participated in the program indicate that there is a promising future (Bornstein, 2014). Individuals and families that were previously homeless believe that Home to Stay is a

for families who need assistance in entrenched support services and housing access. Why exactly would one want to invest government regulated taxes on one of these programs? Poverty rates in Adams County, Pennsylvania continually inflate since the 2009 "Point in Time" study. In 2014, surveys found that the poverty rate, when counting female head of households, rose up to 28.4%; comparable to the state wide’s poverty rate of 11.4%. (ACCESS Housing, 2016). Due to legal actions, the Department of Veterans Affairs has finally begun steadfast actions to build 1,200 supportive housing units. To sustain the transitional housing program, or even launch a program, a substantial amount of funding needs maintaining for bed and program support provisions. Due to the inflation of the homeless in the Adams County region, a transitional housing program needs regulating to aid those who necessitate a home, are trying to hold on to their home, or are in dire need of assistance with housing payments.

The article Deconceptualizing Indigenous Homelessness, argues that indigenous homelessness is more than just lack of housing. The author defines homelessness by explaining the colonial affect that lead to indigenous homelessness. People lose their land, their culture and their senses of community and belonging. She said that a possible solution of homelessness should be starting by stopping the systemic child welfare that would be to stop taking away children from their families and aboriginal communities.

Housing First, Consumer Choice, and Harm Reduction for Homeless Individuals with a Dual Diagnosis. American Journal of Public Health, 94 (4), 651-656 . Retrieved June 14, 2008, from database.

Rates of homelessness are four times higher for Aboriginal and ATSI’s, however some Aboriginals do choose to live in public places. This reflects their inequity in relation to the determinants of their living standards and the progress that needs to occurs to support their housing situations. Furthermore, 51% of indigenous households have access to a motor vehicle compared to 85% of non-indigenous that do. Additionally, indigenous children are twice as likely to live in one-parent families and being a child in a one-parent family has been linked with low SES, low education attainment and a lack of support. There are also a range of measurable social and cultural factors that contribute to the inequities experienced by Aboriginals and Australian Torres Strait Islanders.

Under this situation, there are some issues on the reserves. Due to the limitation of the on-reserve housing market and contaminated water supplies, some Aboriginal people live in the closed communities with high instances of poverty, substance abuse, suicide, unemployment, and mortality. Therefore, improving the development of on-serve housing market is becoming more and more important (Hanson, n.d.).

The focus of this paper is to discuss homelessness today in Canadian cities. Canada continues to struggle with its national issue of homelessness, in which the Indigenous population is overrepresented. Research shows that “6.97 percent of the urban Aboriginal population in Canada is homeless, as compared to a national average of 0.78” (Belanger 2013, p.4). Though the reasons for homelessness vary from person to person, within the Indigenous community, multiple common factors contribute to the misfortune Aboriginal peoples continue to face. Housing conditions and limited employment opportunities on Native Reserves leave people wanting to leave, but the high cost of living in cities makes it hard to settle down. As a result, many Indigenous

Native people and aboriginals are not treated fairly it's 2017 and we have more homeless in Winnipeg than they were a decade ago. Ottawa has spent nearly 1 billion investing in a program that built low-income rental homes for the aboriginals despite that over 75% of people in shelters are actually aboriginal peoples. On the reserves the housing isn't the best either most houses on the reserves aren't in living conditions some still end up staying on the reserve.

Proper housing is crucial to a human being’s wellbeing, both mentally and physically. It is fundamental in ensuring good mental health, physical health, and it sets the basis for social inclusion in society. Housing is necessary for human beings to be able to survive and be able to protect themselves from the elements. It is recognized as a basic human need alongside food and water; thus, it is surprising that an estimated minimum of 235,000 people in a developed country like Canada remain homeless and an estimated one in five people cannot afford housing (Heffernan, Tracy; Faraday, Fay; and Rosenthal, Peter, 2015). Statistics such as these beg the question of whether or not the right to housing or the right to affordable housing is recognized in Canada. The answer to this question is quite complicated as there is no clear right in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that recognizes a specific right to housing or shelter, however, under section 7 and section 15 of the charter which state that “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice” and “Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability(Canadian

This program as its part of New York City's zoning since 1987 was created to encourage economically integrated communities in areas experiencing new housing development. There are two programs to achieve Inclusionary Housing Program bonus; first program is original R10 Program that provides a floor area bonus of up to 20%, and second program is in Inclusionary Housing designated areas give a bonus of 33 %of floor area can be achieved for providing 20 percent as affordable housing.

Ever since the Canadian federal government withdrew affordable housing investments in the 1990s, homelessness has emerged as a very real problem for Canadian society. In 2014, it is estimated that over 235,000 different Canadians will experience homelessness in a year, with over 35,000 Canadians homeless on any given night (The State of Homelessness in Canada 2). However, the real problem is hidden in the numbers, where despite only making up 4.3% of the total Canadian population, Aboriginal Peoples represent a disproportionate percentage of the homeless populations across Canada (SOHC 60). Through a deep and complex web of embedded colonial structures, intergenerational trauma, poverty, violence, and racism, Aboriginal

I guess this is a great opportunity to hear the stories of Homelessness. This year the conference focuses on 'Indigenous Homelessness' that might be very helpful for my thesis. I will obviously join the conference. I would also like to present there. The conference has a segment on housing crisis named "We Can Do Better: Housing in Inuit Nunangat". I can present in this section. Because they do not provide any guideline for the presentation it is hard to assume what they are actually wanted in the presentation. I am planning to relate better housing as means to wellbeing (which is also a part of my literature review) in the