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Expanding on a framework developed as a part of a previous project with Mentor Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, we are conducting a comparative case study to explore facilitators and barriers to 2SLGBTQ+ identified adults accessing holistic housing across the life course from emerging adulthood to old age. In partnership with an advisory group of queer adults and housing/support service providers, we will identify two cases for comparison: that of a high-density supports community for queer adults in Canada and a low-density supports community.

By collaboratively exploring how identity influences access to housing and supports throughout adulthood, and the facilitators and barriers to holistic, thriving-oriented vs. survival-oriented housing, we will map individuals’ housing ‘journeys,’ experiences, and their contextual influences. In turn, this will identify leverage points around which prototypes and solutions can be co-designed by queer adults, housing stakeholders, and policymakers at different levels of government.

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The second phase involves qualitative data collection to explore the lived experiences of people who are released from incarceration and experiencing homelessness. The final phase of the research focuses on identifying promising practices and programs in Ontario. This research will inform recommendations on promising practices and policies to help improve access to safe, adequate housing for people who are justice-involved.

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Our findings highlight 2SLGBTQ+ youths’ experiences of housing precarity and map their journeys across housing and housing services. Youth and service providers co-designed and validated the findings, including a queer housing continuum prototype and actionable solutions.

The report contains executive summaries of Phase 1 and 2, infographics of key findings, and recommendations for service-providing organizations, community members and businesses, and decision- and policy-makers.

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SRDC will also work with the Collaborative to develop the final submission to the Federal government as part of the government’s consultation phase on the National Housing Strategy. The Collaborative is administered by a Secretariat, housed within the United Way Toronto & York Region. The Secretariat is funded by a funding circle that includes United Way, the Maytree Foundation, Evergreen CityWorks, and the McConnell Foundation.

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This report reviews social assistance programs and housing benefits in the six international jurisdictions: Australia, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States (New York State). Specific benefit amounts are provided for four household types: a single adult with no dependent children, a couple with no dependent children, a single adult with two dependent children, and a couple with two dependent children. Social assistance benefits were compared with three benchmark measures – the income received by a full-time employee working at a minimum-wage salary, a Low Income Measure (LIM), and the average cost of rent in both the most expensive and least expensive area of each country – in order to assess benefit fairness and adequacy.

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To better understand the relationship between income support programs and housing/shelter benefits, CMHC engaged the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) to conduct in depth analysis of this topic, both across Canadian provinces and territories and comparing Canada to selected countries.

These countries include Australia, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New York State (United States), and the United Kingdom. This document is the final report of a three-part study. It synthesizes the results of previous separate reviews by SRDC of Canadian and international social assistance and housing benefit programs, and presents key findings and emerging trends

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