Waterloo Region groups part of coalition for encampment justice

Waterloo Region groups part of coalition for encampment justice

Waterloo Region Community Legal Services and the region’s drug action team joined coalition against Bill 6, calling for housing solutions and denouncing criminalizing homelessness in Ontario.

WATERLOO REGION EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM FRAMEWORK – The Community Edition

The Emergency Shelter Program Framework (E5 Framework) includes seven program providers with a total capacity of about 250 spaces in 2017.   The E5 framework, introduced to the Region in 2017, responds to the evolution in local sheltering options in the Waterloo Region. With the increase in demand for shelter in the region the E5 framework is called into question on its effectiveness by local advocates.   “We’ve been up and running now…since Apr…

Ontario to jail and/or fine 1000s of people without shelter or housing surviving in camps in Waterloo region and beyond.