Housing Justice Project: A Human Rights Approach to the Provision of Adequate Housing

Project Overview

EducationPolicyLaw

Civil Society Engagement & Education

Forums, Lectures, Debates Housing Justice Survey

Housing Matters Media Project

Policy Development

Policy Forums Reports

Conference Presentations

Social Change and Law

Tanudjaja v Canada – R2H“intersection of municipal planning with human rights”

UN Universal Periodic Review Submission on Vancouver

Housing

Plans for 2014 Discrete Activities… Public Engagement & Education

Urban Housing Dialogue with Coast Salish Videos on Housing Issues for Youth Transitioning Out of Care

Policy Development “Pink Paper” on Women and Housing Case Studies on Affordable Housing Initiatives: Publications and

Workshop Social Change and Law

Ongoing Support on Right to Housing Case Residential Tenancy Act Review

Wrap Up Activities…PublicationsSymposium on Innovative Adequate Housing

Evaluation Measures

Publications distributed and downloaded

Presentations and workshops…diverse audiences

Media take-up, including social media coverage and presence

Interaction with other community groups

Range and diversity of civil society actors contacted and collaborated with

Consultation with decision-makers

Unanticipated Issues

Working across ideological and practical divides in this key area of policy & law has been challenging.

Given current political environment, synthesis across the three strands with the goal of concrete policy change has proved difficult.

Limited understanding of housing insecurity for under-represented groups has redirected the focus of the project to increase awareness of housing issues for youth, urban on-and-off reserve indigenous people, & women, for example.

Reflections from Initiative

Recognition that a central element of provision of adequate housing involves reimagining & reinvigorating of public housing.

Adequate housing policy requires a nuanced understanding of housing issues for diverse & vulnerable populations.

Realization that there is a broad range of civil society actors eager to engage with housing issues .