Visions: Housing and Homelessness

Housing and Homelessness: Summer 2007 (40 Pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Editor's message (Sarah Hamid-Balma)
  • Health and Housing: Partnerships for success [guest editorial] (Karyn French and Margaret McNeil)
  • Housing Glossary
  • The Faces of Homelessness Across BC (Michelle Patterson)
  • Against the Odds: A profile of marginalized and street-involved youth in BC (Annie Smith)
  • Substance Use: Pathways to homelessness? Or a way of adapting to street life? (Eugenia Didenko and Nicole Pankratz)
  • Homelessness: Not just an urban phenomenon (Teya Greenberg)
  • Applying for Subsidized Housing in BC (Erin Smandych)
  • Life on the Streets (Jon Mercier)
  • Recipes for an SRO (Maggie)
  • Living with Bekele: Recovery and relationships in a small family home (Medr)
  • My Woman Under Plastic (Claire Hurley)
  • Outside In: When someone living rough is given a home (Judy Graves)
  • Leonard's Story (Leonard Larsen)
  • Living on the Edge: 1981 to 1991 (Lindy Ruth Cunnington)
  • Fighting 'Roadblocks' on My Way Back (Brian Felstead)
  • A Mother's Perspective (Martha Scales)
  • The Truth of the Streets: And my life thereafter ... (Vance Hughes)
  • Innovative Approaches to Housing the Homeless (Megan Dumas)
  • Mental Health Supported Housing Means Less Time in Hospital (Linda Thomas)
  • From Streets to Homes: ASK Wellness Centre's Housing Outreach Program (Bob Hughes)
  • Housing First - The Triage Experience (Leslie Remund)
  • Lookout Emergency Aid Society (Al Mitchell)
  • Pacifica Housing Services: Embracing the challenge of homelessness in Victoria (Phil Ward)
  • The Youth Supported Independent Living Program: Helping at-risk youth with mental illness to succeed (Eric Sault)
  • Already in Our Backyard (Rudy Small)
  • In from the Shadows, in the North: AWAC's services for marginalized women and female youth (Marianne Sorensen)
  • Fleeing Abuse: Toward homes without violence for women with mental illness and addiction (Dianna Hurford) [online only]
  • Homelessness - Not Good for My Mental Health (Aaron Zacharias) [online only]
  • Finding a Way Home: One man's experience with homelessness (Jake Adrian) [online only]
  • From Rags to Riches in Happiness (Jessie Tegan Milton) [online only]
  • Carrying On: My struggle for a different life (Micheal O'Shea) [online only]
  • BC Housing: Offering Support to BC's Most Vulnerable People (Craig Crawford) [online only]
  • Reaching Out: On Communication, community and crumbling brick walls ... (Kara Keam) [online only]
  • Get On With It! Public consultation on Vancouver's supportive housing strategy (Jill Davidson) [online only]
  • Resources

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