Breaking the cycle of homelessness.

From: Canadian Speeches | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: Anne Golden | Copyright information

ANNE GOLDEN

Chair, Toronto Mayor's Homelessness Action Task Force, and President, United Way of Greater Toronto

A call is sounded for action to help the 250,000 homeless Canadians get off the streets and out of shelters into stable housing. Major causes of homelessness are poverty, mental and physical health, and alochol and drug addiction. Helping the homeless will require tackling related issues of housing, mental health, health, welfare and community servi...

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