Report to the Community: Homelessness & Affordable Housing Initiatives 2011 – 2012

Red Deer is one of the few communities across Canada that has a 10-year plan to end homelessness. From the broad vision in this major plan, a shorter-term working document is helping to guide the planning process in Red Deer. EveryOne’s Home: Red Deer’s Five Year Plan Towards Ending Homelessness focuses on four encompassing goals to end homelessness in the community. Throughout this report, you will read about the progress that Red Deer has made on each of these goals.

Goal 1: Red Deer has sufficient housing options to meet the diverse and changing needs of our community members.

Goal 2: Individuals and families in Red Deer have access to support services whose primary focus is on maintaining housing or finding permanent housing.

Goal 3: Through awareness, healthy relationships, increased capacity and good communication, Red Deer will end homelessness.

Goal 4: Red Deer has effective and reliable data systems for knowledge development on homelessness to support evidence-based decision making.

Publication Date: 
2012
Location: 
Red Deer, AB, Canada