{"id":293822,"date":"2016-06-06T20:10:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/2016\/06\/ending-homelessness-through-housing-first-initiatives\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:28:02","slug":"ending-homelessness-through-housing-first-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2016\/06\/ending-homelessness-through-housing-first-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Ending homelessness through housing first initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On any given night 35,000 Canadians have no place to call home.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 15 percent of the homeless population in Canada is struggling with mental illness. A lack of affordable housing that meets their specific needs is an issue that needs to be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Could giving them a permanent home be a way off the streets and into a healthier life?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jino Distasio\" href=\"https:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/outreach\/evidencenetwork\/jinodistasio\">Dr. Jino Distasio,<\/a> Director of the Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Winnipeg and <a title=\"Vicky Stergiopoulos\" href=\"https:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/outreach\/evidencenetwork\/vicky-stergiopoulos\">Vicky Stergiopoulos<\/a>, Psychiatrist-in-chief at St. Michael\u2019s Hospital and investigator for the At home\/Chez soi program explain how Housing First initiatives could reduce the number of homeless in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Ending homelessness through housing first initiatives\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U-fZzk3NLWs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Interview by M\u00e9lanie Meloche-Holubowski, social media and podcast editor at EvidenceNetwork.ca, and journalist with Radio-Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Do you have something to say about the article you just read? 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