Addressing Homelessness and Housing Crisis in Windsor-Essex County

As a longstanding democracy, Canada has been a staunch advocate for human rights, including the right to affordable housing. By ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1976 and assenting to the National Housing Strategy Act in 2019, Canada affirmed its commitment to the progressive realization of the right to housing as recognized under international human rights. Despite acknowledging the right to affordable housing, homelessness remains a social concern in many cities across Canada, including Windsor-Essex County. This research paper, therefore, analyses the homelessness situation in Windsor-Essex, taking into consideration the causes, programs, and policies implemented in combating homelessness as well as the challenges to addressing homelessness. This paper finds that although the City of Windsor is addressing homelessness through diverse programs and policies such as emergency services, rent subsidies, and the Housing First Program, there are still financial and structural challenges that impede the fight against homelessness in Windsor-Essex. Thus, this paper recommends tackling homelessness through continuous investment in affordable housing, increasing public awareness and financial support for program operators, and preventing unlawful evictions.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Windsor

Author dc:creator

• Gyamerah, Kwabena Boateng

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• J. Essex

Contributors dc:contributor

• gyamerak@uwindsor.ca

Statement dc:rights

• CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Licence dc:rights.uri

• https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_CA

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14776/9988

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwindsor.scholaris.ca:20.500.14776/9988