Resources
CAH has a number of resources available at our office and/or online. If you would like to pick up copies, please give us a call first at 420-2186 to arrange a time to come to the office.
CAH Reports & Pamphlets Available at CAH and Online
- 2010 Halifax Homelessness Resources - revised Oct. 2010
- 2010 Halifax Report Card on Homelessness - CAH report
- 2009 Halifax Report Card on Homelessness - CAH report
- Community Plan 2007-2009 - Homelessness Partnering Strategy Framework
- CAH 'Building Community' Publication
- 2010 -4th Ed.
- 2009 -3rd Ed.
- 2008 -2nd Ed.
- 2007 -1st Ed.
- The Many Faces of Homelessness. This booklet is part of a public awareness campaign about homelessness in HRM. It challenges some of the misconceptions people have about homelessness by sharing information about who is homeless or at risk of homelessness in HRM, and why.
- Accompanying posters to The Many Faces of Homelessness booklet are available from our office and online:
- Meth Madness
This pocket-size pamphlet provides facts on the risks of using meth and its effects, safer use practices and local resources in the City. Available at CAH.
- The Cost of Homelessness: The Value of Investment in Housing Support Services in the Halifax Regional Municipality. June 2006.
A community research project supporting the Community Action on Homelessness Research Group coordinatedby Social Policy Development, Community Development Services of Halifax Regional Municipality. This study is about homelessness and the costs and benefits of providing supportive housing in Metro Halifax. Local research was conducted with 9 supportive housing and shelter providers through individual interviews in Metro Halifax. The intent of this part was to compile a snapshot of existing supportive housing services, including the supports they provide and their associated costs. Available at the CAH office and online at The Cost of Homelessness
Other Resources
- Nova Scotia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: Preventing Poverty. Promoting Prosperity. (.pdf), released April 2009
- The Community Coalition to End Poverty - Nova Scotia: Report of the Poverty Reduction Working Group (.pdf) (More info)
- Framework for a Poverty Reduction Strategy for Nova Scotia (pdf) - presented October 2007 & produced by Nova Scotia Poverty Reduction Strategy Coalition
- Tenant Rights Guide - Guide to rental housing in Nova Scotia - download from the Dalhousie Legal Aid Service website. Copies are also available at the CAH office
- Poverty, Housing and Homelessness: Issues and Options. First Report of the Subcommittee on Cities of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. June 2008. Examines and reports on current social issues pertaining to Canada`s largest cities.
- We Are Neighbours: The Impact of Supportive Housing on Community, Social, Economic and Attitude Changes. May 2008, The Wellesley Institute, Prepared by Alice de Wolff
- Beyond Freefall: Halting Rural Poverty. Final Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, June 2008
- 2008 Release of Federation of Canadian Municipalities: Quality of Life in Canadian Communities - Trends & Issues in Affordable Housing & Homelessness, Theme Report #4 - added June 5, 2008
- Homelessness, Victimization and Crime: Knowledge and Actionable Recommendations, January 2008 - Institute for the Prevention of Crime
- North End Winnipeg's Lord Selkirk Park Housing Development: History, Comparative Context, Prospects . Jim Silver . June 2006. This paper examines North End Winnipeg's Lord Selkirk Park public housing development. It surveys the history of Winnipeg's North End, and the historic Salter-Jarvis neighbourhood where Lord Selkirk park now stands. It describes the debates and struggles leading to Winnipeg's first urban renewal project which involved the bulldozing of Salter-Jarvis and the building of the Park. It analyses and compares the post-war experience with large, inner city public housing project and discusses the experience of the Park since its establishment in 1967 and the revitalization efforts now being made by the North End Community Renewal Corporation. Available online at www.policyalternatives.ca .
- Background Analysis of Need and Market Trends. In support of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Big City Mayors Caucus report: Sustaining the Momentum: Recommendations for a National Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness. (.pdf) -RELEASED JANUARY 2008. AVAILABLE AT THE CAH OFFICE
- 'Cycles of Homelessness: Understanding Eviction and Its Relation to Homelessness' Final Report: -MARCH 2006 (.pdf)
- Housing and Homelessness in HRM, Halifax Regional Municipality website
- The Relationship Between Policy, Planning and Neighbourhood Change: The Case of the Gottingen Street Neighbourhood, 1950-2000 , Melles, B. B. (2003). Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Urban and Rural Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Dalhousie University.
- Under Siege Update: a follow-up study of non-profit, community based, social service agencies. Produced by: Captain William Spry Community Centre, Community Advocates, and the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 2004.
- Housing Again is a website dedicated to putting affordable housing back on the public agenda.
