Working Together to Address Affordable Housing and Homelessness in Our Community

In 2000, through the National Homelessness Initiative (NHI), our community came together to begin addressing homelessness in a more coordinated and collaborative way.

Today, we continue to work together under the new Homelessness Partnering Strategy, which replaced the NHI in 2007. Since 2000, both programs have invested $16.5 million in projects to address homelessness in St. John’s and across Newfoundland and Labrador.

We started in 2000 by forming a committee to set priorities and guide our work. The St. John’s Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness brings together people from all walks of life, including those who’ve experienced homelessness.

Our committee is co-chaired by the community (Marie White) and the federal government (Mike Bruce), and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy is delivered by Service Canada.

We engaged individuals, organizations and governments to develop our first Community Plan for Addressing Homelessness in St. John’s in 2001. The plan’s priorities led to investments in increased shelter space and alternative shelter options, transitional and supportive housing, community development, and improved coordination of partners and resources.

Once those investments were made and our Community Plan was implemented, we completed a Community Plan Assessment in 2003 to gauge our progress in meeting our goals.

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'My heritage is very important to me...There’s a great aboriginal community here.'

- Amos Semigak, Native Friendship Resident