Vote Housing
Vote Housing is a national, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy campaign intended to engage Canadians to pledge to vote housing in the upcoming federal election, and ensure all political parties support making bold investments in affordable housing and ending homelessness.
This campaign is led by the Canadian Lived Experience Leadership Network (CLELN), the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, the Canadian Housing & Renewal Association, and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada. These partner organizations represent the three leading national housing and homelessness sector organizations. CLELN is Canada’s leading national network for people who have or are experiencing homelessness.
Here are a few ways to support this campaign:
Endorse
An endorsement of this campaign will help ensure all political parties, and other Canadians, see the breadth of voices calling out for change on housing issues.
Donate
Financial contributions will go towards organizing efforts in communities across the nation. This ensures that housing issues are prioritized by all political parties for all communities.
Volunteer
Voting Housing’s volunteer team will be engaging and encouraging Canadians to pledge to Vote Housing. Activities will be organized locally (door knocking, phone calling, events, etc.), as well as virtually to speak up about the importance of ending homelessness and housing need.
This past year and a half has been full of very complex challenges. In conjunction with a once-in-a-century public health crisis, many communities also witnessed an increase in the number of individuals at risk of or experiencing homelessness. However, this has also been a great example of our sector coming together and finding viable solutions in a very difficult situation. Working in partnership we are better able to support individuals as they begin to take steps towards breaking the cycle of poverty, and it also creates more capacity for us to provide something most of us have been able to rely on in this crisis – a stable home where we can be healthy, safe and secure.
We are very confident that we can end homelessness in Canada. We have ended homelessness for thousands of people in our own local community, many with complex needs. This work is part of a much bigger effort; no one agency, community, or government can solve this issue alone. This will require a coordinated effort from community partners across the country, and bold investments in affordable housing and ending homelessness from every level of government.
