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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