Issue brief : Addressing housing challenges faced by people with HIV in Ontario

The views expressed in the dialogue summary are the views of the author and should not be taken to represent the views of CIHR, OHTN or the Ministry. [...] A second Some of the complexities associated with shortfalls in goal of the stakeholder dialogue is to generate housing and housing-related services include: 1) how a action by those who participate in the dialogue and by those who review the dialogue summary and lack of access to appropriate housing affects health, the video interviews with dialogue participants. [...] As illustrative examples of status, which demonstrated the importance of housing equity considerations arising in the available data status and stability on: access to and utilization of and research evidence, the issue brief gives healthcare and social services; access and adherence to particular attention to people living with mental illness and addictions. [...] A number of barriers to implementation have hampered progress Implementation barriers faced by communities trying to develop housing programs to meet the needs of people with HIV include: the stigma associated with HIV, the small number of people in some communities (i.e., lack of critical mass to support/justify a dedicated HIV housing program), long wait lists for housing and supportive housing [...] In 2009, at the federal level in the United States, the President instructed federal government programs – including the Centres for Disease Control, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Department of Health and Human Services – to collaborate to prevent HIV and meet the needs of people living with HIV.(17) At the provincial level within Canada, Saskatchewan has already moved in this direc