Ending Homelessness
Approach
The efforts of the 7 Cities have delivered significant results with the support of the Government of Alberta, the Government of Canada, local government, service providers and the private sector.
As the first Canadian communities to develop and implement Plans to End Homelessness, the 7 Cities have collectively housed and supported 29,550+ previously homeless Albertans since 2008. These approaches are grounded in community-level system planning and implementation, supported by government.
Impact
Since 2001, significant progress has been made toward ending homelessness in Alberta while acknowledging there is always more work to do.
Integral to this success has been consistent provincial support – not only financially, but also in terms of policy support and championship of the effort from the executive level outward.
This has included Alberta’s 10-year plans to end homelessness, which provide government-wide policy direction while enabling community-based leadership on housing initiatives.