10 YEAR HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS PLAN

COMMUNITY-ORIENTED APPROACHES TO HOUSING

AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS IN ONTARIO

CHRA Congress

Dave Plumstead, Research Analyst

May 2, 2013

PRESENTATION

Provincial context

Project Cycle /Goals

Research Design

Housing Continuum

What we already Know

What we are currently working on /next steps

Current project status

PROJECT GOALS

Project Plans:

- Project Charter

- Research Design

Research and Analysis

Action Plan

- Objectives

- Targets

- Measurement

Provincial mandate

RESEARCH DESIGN

•Primary

•Secondary

•Collection methodology

•Quantitative

•Qualitative

•Time series

•Other (SWOT, etc.)

•Mixed methods

•Guiding principles

•Problem statement

•Rationale

•Research objectives

Purpose Research

approach

Data

sources

and

collection

Data

analysis

WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THE PLAN

Province: 25+ provincial requirements and guidelines

•Housing Services Act, 2011

•Ontario Housing Policy Statement

•Provincial interests

DNSSAB: Five year update, Nipissing housing study 2008

•Change? Progress?

•Revisit affordable housing targets

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

1) Assess the Housing & Homelessness Landscape in Nipissing District

Literature review

Inventory: housing supply and programs/ services

Strengths /weaknesses in housing system

Housing progress

2) Assess the Current Housing Needs in Nipissing District

Identify gaps along the housing

continuum

Perspectives:

- Consumers

- Service providers

3) Assess the Future Housing Needs in Nipissing District

10-year population and

household forecast

Review /update Nipissing District’s

affordable housing targets

Develop Implementation /Action Plan

Set objectives and targets

based on #1 -3

Develop action plan to achieve

above.

Develop indicators to

measure.

Private sector market

Traditional focus of Non-profit sector

“Affordable” private rental and entry homeownership

Private /Public sectors

Low Income High Income Time

Absolute homelessness

Not for profit, community, social housing

Shelters, transitional housing,

Supportive housing, etc.

Retirement Homes, Long-term care, etc.

Mortgage- free asset

Private sector market

Housing Continuum

Low Income High Income Time

Long-term

Care beds

Shelter beds

Transitional Housing

Supportive /Supported Housing

social housing units

renters in core housing need

rental apartments

renters in poor housing condition

entry-level houses

owners in core housing need

owners in poor housing condition

What we already know:

gaps along the continuum

More recently, we completed an extensive, systematic review of local housing and homelessness literature in Nipissing District .

What we already know:

local literature review

What we already know:

local literature review results

Systemic

housing

issues

15 overarching

themes

268 formal

recommendations

Correlate;

interact

WHAT ARE WE PRESENTLY WORKING ON?

•Citizens with

housing needs

•General public

Public Forums (6)

•Senior citizens

•Youth

•People with

disabilities

•Aboriginals,

off-Reserve

Focus Groups (~30)

•Victims of

domestic

violence

•People with

lived

homelessness

experience

Interviews (10-15)

• Service providers

along the

continuum

WHAT ARE WE PRESENTLY WORKING ON?

•Housing &

homelessness

programs and

services

•Housing supply

Inventorying and mapping

•Surveying

municipalities

(barriers,

progress, etc.)

•Reviewing

Official Plans

•Demographic

update

•Socioeconomic

update

Review and quant. analysis

•10-year

population and

household

growth estimate

• Impact of

expiring

operating

agreements

•Affordable housing demand/targets to 2023

Forecasts and targets

NEXT STEP: ACTION PLAN

Action: objectives, targets, activities, measure progress

Resourcing and

Priorities

Systematic evaluation of evidence

Completion of

objectives

CURRENT STATUS Progress

•On-track

•Qualitative research should be

completed by May 31

•Start developing action plan

Unexpected delays or issues

•Low turn out for public forums

•Communications plays a large role!

•Reconciling the current housing and

fiscal environment with the positive

language and intent of the plan

THANK YOU!

http://dnssab.on.ca/10YearHH/10YearPlan.htm