Call for change 12
Action Area 2: Housing and Homelessness
Focus Area A: Service and Program Development
Ensure that demographic data drives program evaluation and delivery of services to the homeless population in St. John’s.
Updates
Progress on this Call for Change will depend on progress on Call for Change 11.
Action Area 2: Housing and Homelessness
We envision a city where all members of the urban Indigenous communities enjoy access to safe, secure, and affordable housing. To realize this vision, we call on all residents of St. John’s to help advance change in the following ways:
Focus Area A: Service and Program Development
11.
Lead, support, and coordinate research on the demographics of homelessness in St. John’s.
12.
Ensure that demographic data drives program evaluation and delivery of services to the homeless population in St. John’s.
13.
Collaborate with service delivery agencies to ensure that Indigenous residents in nonmarket housing have access to culturally appropriate programming and spaces.
14.
Collaborate with service providers, including those in the private rental market, to ensure that Indigenous people have equal access to secure and affordable housing that is free of discrimination.
Focus Area B: Poverty Reduction
16.
Support provincial and national efforts to implement a guaranteed annual livable income.
17.
Support efforts to ensure that Indigenous people and members of other racialized and marginalized communities have access to safe, affordable, and reliable transportation throughout the city.