The City of Kingston and CMHC invite you to celebrate National Housing Day - November 23, 2010

As Canada’s National Housing Agency, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation strongly believes in the importance of working closely with our industry partners to recognize the advances in affordable and social housing.

CMHC, in partnership with the City of Kingston will be hosting a National Housing Day event. National Housing Day provides an opportunity to highlight activities and programs that serve the housing needs of Canadians. This year’s event will showcase achievements and celebrate local accomplishments related to affordable housing.

THE DETAILS
Date: November 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 to 2:30 PM (TBC)
Location: Kingston (location TBC)

*This event will be free and a light lunch will be served. Space is limited so please RSVP to this SAVE THE DATE by email to Lorraine Mustard lmustard@cityofkingston.ca by October 15, 2010.

Red Tent Campaign to end Homelessness

Today is the Canada Day of Action for the Red Tent Campaign, a national campaign to end homelessness.

The list of speakers for the press conference on the morning of October 19th at Parliament has been set. The Red Tent Campaign is proud to announce the following speakers:

• Libby Davies, NDP MP - Vancouver East
• Rob Rainer, CWP Advocacy Network (Ottawa)
• Charles W. Hill, National Aboriginal Housing Association (Ottawa)
• Marion Wright, Alliance to End Homelessness (Ottawa)
• François Saillant, FRAPRU (Montreal)
• Douglas King, Pivot Legal Society (Vancouver)

For more information, visit the campaign's website, or check out this article in the Toronto Star.

AHAN Presents: Working With Clients Who Hoard

Instructor Elaine Birchall is the recognized leader in hoarding behavior in Canada. Her consulting practice specializes in both direct support and counselling of hoarders as well as training for service providers who deal with hoarders. This forum will appeal to anyone who works with individuals and families in their communities who may have hoarding issues. Anyone from frontline line staff to managers who work with clients or tenants will benefit from this day.

Morning Session includes:

• What is Hoarding really, and what Types are there?
• Deeper understanding of hoarding behavior
• 3 Paths to becoming a Hoarder
  

Afternoon Session includes:

• Saving Patterns and how to identify them
• Motivating Change & the Don'ts of Hoarding
• Risk Analysis - How bad is what I'm seeing?
• 6 Steps in Hoarding Interventions
• Tools to use including Collaborative Partnerships
• Relapse Prevention & Realistic Prognosis
  
  

Disturbing Trend in Use of Emergency Shelters by Elderly Women

Today, a CBC News article explores the trend of increasing use of emergency shelters by elderly women (many in their 70s) in Montreal.

The shelter explored in the article reports that it has been forced to turn away 20% more women than usual due to this new trend.

Maintenance Tips for Tenants Workshop

The clinic is hosting a Maintenance Tips Workshop on June 18, 2010 at the Ramada Inn. Drop by between 1-4 pm to get advice and information for maintenance issues.

Clinic staff will be on hand to provide information about tenant rights, and assist in preparing tenant applications to the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) .

The first tenant workshop will be held June 18 right after the Landlord and Tenant Board hearings. You can drop in with your questions anytime from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Ramada Inn, 2nd Floor, 11 Bay Bridge Road in Belleville.

Contact us for more information about this or future workshops in your community. We will be holding a Maintenance Tips For Tenants Workshop in Trenton on July 23rd. Dates to follow for Madoc and Bancroft.

Partnerships in Affordable Housing - Belleville

In partnership, the Hastings County Housing Programs Branch and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) will be hosting a half-day event to showcase partnerships in affordable housing. The forum will provide an overview of affordable housing in the County of Hastings. Representatives from CALC will be attending this event.

Date: March 5, 2010
Time: 8:30AM to 2:00PM
Location: St. Thomas Anglican Church, 201 Church Street, Belleville

* This session has reached its maximum capacity.

Landlord & Tenant Board Hearings

Next hearings in Belleville will be March 11 & 12, 2010, at the Ramada.