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1. www.housingchrc.ca › en › publicationsUpholding dignity and human rights: the Federal Housing ...

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   Feb 13, 2024 · What has emerged is a clear picture of a two-fold human rights crisis. First, encampment residents are at dire risk of harm due to the failure to uphold their basic rights. Second, the encampments exist only because of a larger, systemic failure to uphold the right of all people to adequate housing without discrimination.

   • Federal Housing Advocate’s report on encampments in Canada ...

     The reality of encampments in Canada is in stark contrast to...

   • review of homeless encampments Upholding dignity and human ...

     and released in December 2022. This research confirmed that...

2. housingrights.ca › encampments-in-canadaNRHN - Encampments in Canada - The National Right to Housing ...

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   This research confirmed a human rights crisis, including a violation of Indigenous rights, of encampments is unfolding in communities across Canada. An interim report was released in the fall of 2023 with further engagement. The Advocate’s review was guided by the principles of a human rights-based approach.

3. globalnews.ca › news › 10291129Tearing down homeless camps violates human rights: federal ...

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   Feb 13, 2024 · A man prepares to move his belongings as police and cleanup crews prepare to tear down homeless encampments in Edmonton on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live ...

4. www.homelesshub.ca › book › office-of-the-federalEncampments in Canada / Les campements au Canada - HomelessHub

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   Homeless encampments are one of the most urgent human rights issues in Canada today. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of shelter spaces decreased, indoor services became unsafe, and people lost their livelihoods and their homes. This led to a rise in homeless encampments across the country. While the conditions in encampments and the ...

5. housingchrc.ca › en › federal-housing-advocatesFederal Housing Advocate’s report on encampments in Canada ...

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   Oct 11, 2023 · The reality of encampments in Canada is in stark contrast to Canada’s recognition of housing as a human right in the National Housing Strategy Act. In addition to documenting these human rights concerns and amplifying the voices of encampment residents, the interim report also highlights preliminary best practices and potential solutions.

6. www.homelesshub.ca › sites › defaultOverview of Encampments Across Canada - HomelessHub

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   Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, Canadian Human Rights Commission. 344 Slater Street, 8th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1E1. Toll Free: 1-888-214-1090 | TTY: 1-888-643-3304 | Fax: 613-996-9661 | www.housingchrc.ca. This report is part of a series of reports on encampments commissioned by the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate (OFHA).

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   Are encampments a human right in Canada?

   • The reality of encampments in Canada is in stark contrast to Canada’s recognition of housing as a human right in the National Housing Strategy Act. In addition to documenting these human rights concerns and amplifying the voices of encampment residents, the interim report also highlights preliminary best practices and potential solutions.

   Federal Housing Advocate’s report on encampments in Canada details

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   Do encampments have human rights?

   • Respect and uphold human rights. In the absence of adequate, affordable and accessible housing alternatives, all governments must recognize that people have a right to live in encampments. People living in encampments must play a leading role in decision-making processes that affect them.

   Upholding dignity and human rights: the Federal Housing Advocate's

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   Do unhoused people have a right to live in encampments?

   • Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada’s housing advocate says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson. Unhoused people in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have also died in camps, some from overdoses and tent fires.

   Tearing down homeless camps violates human rights: federal housing

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   Do homeless people have a right to live in encampments?

   • A man prepares to move his belongings as police and cleanup crews prepare to tear down homeless encampments in Edmonton on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada’s housing advocate says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.

   Tearing down homeless camps violates human rights: federal housing

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   Are encampments a solution to Canada's human rights crisis?

   • “Encampments represent an effort by people who are unhoused to claim their human rights and meet their most basic needs,” says Houle’s report. “Canada has the capacity to solve this crisis. What is lacking is sufficient political will, resources and coordination.”

   Tearing down homeless camps violates human rights: federal housing

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   Should encampments be a rights-based approach?

   • In adopting a rights-based approach to encampments, federal and provincial governments have an obligation to provide funding and services that offset the disproportionate impact faced by municipalities in addressing the housing crisis and the existence of encampments.

   Overview of Encampments Across Canada - HomelessHub

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8. www.housingchrc.ca › sites › housingreview of homeless encampments Upholding dignity and human ...

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   and released in December 2022. This research confirmed that encampments are a human rights crisis and a violation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, which are unfolding. in communities across Canada.1The challenges related to homelessness have been growing for many years and were exacer.