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Community Spotlight
Moncton (New Brunswick) seeing success with measures to support housing retention while reducing chronic homelessness.
In New Brunswick, the City of Moncton, a community receiving funding under Reaching Home’s Designated Communities (DC) funding stream is in the third year of its three-year plan guiding work to end chronic homelessness. Moncton’s goal is to achieve functional zero by 2023, which means that the number of people experiencing chronic homelessness is zero, or if not zero, then either 3 or 1% of the total number of individuals experiencing homelessness, whichever is greater. The city is seeing success through the implementation of key strategies to boost housing retention in their community.
Under Reaching Home, DCs are required to implement a Coordinated Access system, which, among other things, helps provide more comprehensive data on their local homeless population. Moncton, also a Built for Zero Canada (BFZ-C) community, uses a By-Name List (BNL) to coordinate the efforts of multiple agencies to deliver a person-centered approach in order to best support individuals experiencing homelessness.
Additionally, when individuals are housed in Moncton they are assigned to a community agency for support. The agency will attend viewings with the individual and build a relationship with them. If an issue arises, landlords can also reach out to the community agency to consider alternative actions and prevent evictions.
To further support this work, the Greater Moncton Homelessness Steering Committee (GMHSC) has also introduced a landlord liaison position, which involves recruiting private market landlords who are willing to set aside units and accept rent subsidies from the provincial government. This position also supports eviction prevention, by acting as an intermediary between case managers and landlords. The rate of people returning to homelessness from evictions in Moncton is currently around four percent.
To read more on Moncton’s strategies and success story, visit https://caeh.ca/moncton-cut-evictions/. For more information on Reaching Home in Moncton, please visit the DC Community Entity’s website at https://sjhdc.ca/.
Research
CMHC Moncton Housing Need Report - Oct-2021
CMHC Moncton Rental Report - Oct-2021
Saint John Human Development Council: A Reboot for Poverty Reduction 2018
Experiencing Homelessness: 11th Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton, 2018
Experiencing Homelessness: 10th Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton, 2017
Experiencing Homelessness: 9th Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton, 2016
Experiencing Homelessness: 8th Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton, 2015
Greater Moncton Homelessness Community Plan 2014-19
Experiencing Homelessness: 7th Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton, 2014
Experiencing Homelessness: 6th Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton, 2013
Experiencing Homelessness: The 2nd Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton, 2009
Experiencing Homelessness: The 1st Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton, 2008
National Research
2018. Discussion Paper: Ending Homelessness and the Right to Housing. Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
2016. The State of Homelessness in Canada 2016 Stephen Gaetz; Erin Dej; Tim Richter; Melanie Redman,Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
2016. The At Home/ Chez Soi Project: Cross- Site Report on the Sustainability of Housing and Support Programs Implemented. Geoffrey Nelson, Rachel Caplan, Tim MacLeod, Eric Macnaughton, Paula Goering & Myra Piat. Mental Health Commission of Canada National Qualitative Research Team for the At Home/Chez Soi Project
2016. Discerning ‘Functional Zero’: Considerations for Defining and Measuring an End to Homelessness in Canada
Alina Turner; Kyle Pakeman; Tom Albanese. Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, University of Calgary School of Public Policy, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
2016. The At Home/ Chez Soi Project: Sustainability of Housing and Support Programs Implemented at the Moncton Site. Rebecca Cherner, John Ecker, Jennifer Rae, Tim Aubry. Mental Health Commission of Canada
2014. The State of Homelessness in Canada 2014. Written by Stephen Gaetz, Tanya Gulliver & Tim Richter. Editor: Allyson Marsolais. Toronto: The Homeless Hub Press.
2013. The State of Homelessness in Canada 2013. Written by Stephen Gaetz, Jesse Donaldson, Tim Richter, & Tanya Gulliver: Toronto: Canadian Homelessness Research Network Press.
2013. Follow-up implementation and fidelity evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi project: Cross-site report. Prepared by the Mental Health Commission of Canada National Qualitative Research Team, May 27, 2013.
National Recognition
Built for Zero Canada recognizes our achievement of a 10% reduction despite the ongoing pandemic.
“Bright Spot: Moncton reduces chronic homelessness by 10% amid an ongoing pandemic”
BFZ Canada - March 9, 2022
Built for Zero Canada recognizes us for our recent efforts.
“Bright Spot: Moncton has ‘taken it to another level’ to keep people housed and cut evictions”
BFZ Canada - December 16, 2021
https://bfzcanada.ca/bright-spot-moncton-has-taken-it-to-another-level
Recent Milestones
10% Reduction in Chronic Homelessness
Recognition of Chronic Homelessness Reduction in the Built for Zero Canada Campaign and from CAEH for this achievement.
Built for Zero Canada Campaign PDF
Moncton’s Recent Progress:
1 of 15 Communities across Canada to achieve 100% Balanced Quality Data.
1 of 16 Communities across Canada submitting Veterans Data.
1 of 11 Communities across Canada submitting ALL Homelessness Data.
1 of 3 Communities across Canada to reach at least a %10 reduction of Chronic homelessness.
CAEH recognizes us for recent achievements in the fight to end homelessness.
“Our why is simple,” says Dawn Wheadon, Affordable Housing Specialist at the Greater Moncton Homelessness Steering Committee. “Collectively, we believe in the right to housing. We know the root causes of homelessness in Moncton, and we know the barriers to accessing and sustaining housing.
- Dawn Wheadon, Affordable Housing Specialist
HART information
In 2018, YMCA ReConnect, our community outreach team:
Carried out a total of 4.310 street interventions
Provided intake services for 323 individuals
Assisted 149 individuals in obtaining Government issued identification, for a total of $7,145.00
Assisted 64 individuals in finding safe and affordable housing, providing help with partial damage deposits for a total of $16,537.00
Prevented 25 evictions due to unpaid rent and assisted with rent arrears for a total of $9,678.00
Websites
The Toronto-based HomeComing Community Choice Coalition upholds the right of people with mental illness - and anyone else who faces "Not-In-My-Back Yard" discrimination - to live where they choose. www.homecomingcoalition.com
The Homeless Hub is an innovative research library and information center focusing on homelessness issues in Canada. www.homelesshub.ca/hh
The Hidden Homeless www.hiddenhomeless.ca