Proposed Indigenous supportive housing program seeks Council approval

Kingston Youth Shelter moves to city’s west end

Letter: Homes for Heroes – Learning more about Kingston’s first tiny homes project

Transition from Homelessness – Community Discussion – “Improving Services”

Transition from Homelessness – Community Discussion – “Improving Services”

Transition from Homelessness – Community Discussion – “Supporting People”

Transition from Homelessness – Community Discussion – “Changing Systems”

Transition from Homelessness Project – Kingston Site Presentation

Opinion: Encampment protocol or eviction protocol? Kingston must adopt a human rights approach to tent cities

Opinion: Too Little, Too Late – Reflecting on the City’s commitment to affordable housing on the first anniversary of the Mayor’s Taskforce on Housing Report

Letter: Why I left Kingston’s Housing and Homelessness Committee

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 Jill Pineau 0 Comments 113 Lower Union, 805 Ridley Drive, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), City of Kingston, housing and homelessness, Housing and Social Services, Indigenous Supportive Housing Program, Kingston, Kingston City, Kingston Youth Shelter, Mayor's Task Force on Housing, proposed housing program, Tipi Moza (Iron Homes)

A report to Kingston City Council released today proposes the use of the City-owned building, 113 Lower Union Street, for an Indigenous Supportive Housing Program. If approved, the facility will house up to 19 homeless and precariously housed individuals beginning in late 2021. With Council’s approval, Tipi Moza (Iron Homes)

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May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 113 Lower Union, 805 Ridley Drive, City of Kingston, COVID-19, Fairfield Manor East, Fairfield Manor West, former retirement home, housing and homelessness, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Youth Shelter, Mitchell Grange, neighbourhood community, neighbourhood meeting, pandemic, Request for proposal (RFP), short-term solution, supportive transitional housing, Union Street, Zoom meeting

The Kingston Youth Shelter, formerly located at 113 Lower Union Street, has moved to the former Fairfield Manor West site at 805 Ridley Drive — albeit only temporarily. The City of Kingston acquired the former Fairfield Manor West site after Council voted to do so in October 2020. Prior to

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May 12, 2021May 27, 2021 Kingstonist 0 Comments affordable housing, Calgary, Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Kingston, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), couselling, Edmonton, homeless veterans, Homes for Heroes Foundation, housing, housing and homelessness, housing solutions, King Street, Kingston, lack of affordable housing, lack of housing, Lake Ontario, Patricia Streich, Portsmouth Village, Providence Care Hospital, rent increase, rental market, social media, Social Planing Council Kingston and District, social services, support services, tiny homes, tiny houses, transitional housing, vacancy rates, Veterans Affairs Canada, webinar

Editorial note: The following is a submitted letter to the editor. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of The Kingstonist. On Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing announced the provincial government was providing $200,000 and transferring one acre of land

In 2019, with funding provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), we established a Community Advisory Board consisting of individuals with lived experiences of homelessness, service providers and leaders in Kingston, Ontario. This Community Advisory Board worked together with researchers from Western University to conduct a stakeholder consultation

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April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Kingstonist 1 Comment 113 Lower Union, 805 Ridley Drive, affordable housing, Angela Salomon, Belle Park, belle park evictions, City Council, City of Kingston, City of Kingston Encampment Protocol and Procedures, Health Providers Against Poverty Kingston, homeless camp, homeless encampment, homeless shelters, homelessness, Homes for Heroes Foundation, housing and homelessness, Integrated Care Hub, Op-Ed, opinion, Public Health, Street Outreach, temporary accommodations, UN Protocol for Homeless Encampments

The following is a submitted Op-Ed. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of The Kingstonist. Nearly one year ago, Belle Park became the epicenter of the homelessness crisis in Kingston. With rising COVID-19 case numbers, declines in shelter capacity to accommodate social distancing, and stringent isolation

Opinion

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Kingstonist 0 Comments 1316 Princess Street, 805 Ridley Drive, affordable housing, Belle Park, City Council, City of Kingston, housing and homelessness, housing crisis, Integrated Care Hub, Kingston, Mayor's Task Force on Housing, opinion

The following is a submitted opinion piece. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of The Kingstonist. Today marks one year since the Mayor’s Taskforce on Housing presented their report on Kingston’s decades-long housing crisis to City Council. In their report, A Foundation for the Public Good,the

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January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Kingstonist 0 Comments Belle Park, Belle Park homeless encampment, bylaw enforcement, City of Kingston, City Staff, COVID-19, evictions, housing and homelessness, Housing and Homelessness Committee, housing crisis, Kingston, Kingston Police, letter, Melodie Ballard, opinion, regulations, rental market, role of the committee, tiny homes

The following is a submitted letter to the editor. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of The Kingstonist. I left the City’s Housing and Homelessness Committee recently completely disheartened by the experience, and I’d like to share that experience with fellow Kingstonians. It may be time

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