Leading the Way

The last renewal of HPS in 2013 saw the Government of Canada play an important leadership role in mobilizing the results of the At Home/Chez Soi study to expand the implementation of Housing First across Canada – in essence, opening the back door to homelessness. [...] All of this help people exit homelessness and begs the question of the role of the Government of achieve housing stability; Canada in homelessness prevention. [...] A commitment to homelessness LEADING THE WAY: A FOUR-POINT PLAN prevention will help the We provide a four-point plan for the federal government to government to prevent and lead the way on the national homelessness prevention initiative. [...] Providing people with the supports and services they need to maintain their housing and integrate into the community is essential to ensure that people do not cycle in and out of homelessness, a potentially costly and traumatic result of failing to address the root causes of homelessness. [...] With the leadership and support of the Government of Canada, we can take the thought leaders, innovators, and passionate service providers here in Canada and give them the tools to create, expand, and evaluate their progress as we set a new course for not simply managing homelessness, but preventing homelessness in the first place.