Poverty

I was recently a guest on the On the Way Home podcast. We discussed: the importance of researchers working collaboratively with practitioners; insufficient federal funding for homelessness across Canada; and the importance of operating funding for affordable housing. People can watch or listen to the episode here:

by Rudabeh Shahid, Nischal Dhungel, and Shakthi De Silva* In September, Nepal became the third South Asian country in three years to see its government collapse under the weight of mass protests. After the government banned twenty-six social media platforms, young Nepalis poured into Kathmandu’s streets, furious at what they saw as an attempt to silence […]

~by Sean Paul Kelley Most of you probably know I lived in Nicaragua for a time—about six months—overseeing renovations to my father’s house, where he lives even now. Me? I’m no fan of the country, nor its politics, nor do I romanticize the pervasive, grinding subsistence poverty in the countryside and sad, soul destroying poverty […]

I recently did a podcast on Canada’s National Housing Strategy—specifically on how the Strategy missed the mark on homelessness. Here’s the link (it’s 40 min’s long): https://thepublicationcoop.substack.com/p/canadas-so-called-homelessness-strategy

I recently organized a study tour of Helsinki; its focus was affordable housing and homelessness. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview: https://nickfalvo.ca/affordable-housing-and-homelessness-in-helsinki-finland/

We’re about 3 weeks into our annual fundraiser. Our goal is $12,500 (same as last year). So far we’ve raised $8,180 from 72 people out of a readership of about 10,000.  If you read this blog, you’re usually ahead of everyone else. You know, years in advance, much of what’s going to happen. The intelligence […]

I recently served as a subject matter expert for an audit of supportive housing undertaken by the City of Ottawa’s Office of the Auditor General. Here are 10 things know:

I recently organized a homelessness study tour of Edmonton and Calgary for the Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness. Here’s a ‘top 10 overview of the study tour:https://nickfalvo.ca/homelessness-and-supportive-housing-in-alberta/

I’ve just published Chapter 10 of my open access textbook. This chapter focuses on homelessness experienced by older adults. A ‘top 10’ overview of the chapter can be found here: https://nickfalvo.ca/homelessness-among-older-adults/