Ending Homelessness: - Learning from Finland’s Housing First Approach - SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS

Ending Homelessness_Summary of Proceedings_Jan152024 Ending Homelessness: Learning from Finland’s Housing First Approach SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS January 15, 2024 Ottawa, Ontario & Virtual AMO thanks Infrastructure Canada and the Ottawa Alliance to End Homelessness for their partnership on making this event possible. [...] Introduction The Learning Session on Approaches to Ending Homelessness took place on the morning of January 15th 2024. [...] Both emphasized the critical importance of efforts to end the homelessness crisis, a top priority for AMO, and the value of learning from other jurisdictions. [...] Andrew Boozary spoke about the importance of a right to housing for better health with the assertion that “there is no universal health care without the right to housing.” The presentation outlined data on the current state of homelessness and its impacts on the health of individuals experiencing homelessness. [...] The data shows that the current approach to homelessness is very costly to the health and justice systems.