Anglicans in the Diocese of Toronto have long been involved in efforts to secure decent and affordable housing and emergency shelter for those most in need.
Diocesan Policy Paper on Affordable Housing and Homelessness, 2019
This paper contains background information on the reality of housing need in our Diocese and how Anglicans are responding. It also sets out our diocesan principles and plans for advocacy. (Received by Diocesan Council on Jan. 26, 2019.)
The following are links to resources for further reading.
General information
- The Homeless Hub, published by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness: an excellent source of information on housing and homelessness in Canada
- Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts, ch. 9: Housing (pp. 30-31 of PDF)
- A Plan, Not a Dream by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness: sets out the key components of a community-based plan to end homelessness in 10 years
- Wellesley Institute Policy Brief: “Sustaining Ontario Social Housing,” November 2017
- Hunger Report 2017: “The Rising Cost of Housing and its Impact on Hunger in Ontario” from the Ontario Association of Food Banks
- Canada’s new National Housing Strategy, A Place to Call Home, 2017
Anglicans and other Christians speak out
- Declaration of the Joint Assembly of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, June 2013
- National Housing Day Backgrounder from the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Oct. 2014
- Federal Election Resource from the Anglican Church of Canada, 2015 (pp. 8-9)
- Citizens for Public Justice submission to National Housing Strategy Team, October 2016
