January 2020

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122 Families receive the comfort of a new IKEA duvet! Melissa Mirowski (Head of Sustainability) and Annalee Sawiak, founder of Furniture Link Inc. organized a tour of the Furniture Bank facility in Etobicoke for Andrew...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Housing First is increasingly implemented for homeless adults with mental illness in large urban centres, but little is known about its long-term effectiveness. The At Home/Chez Soi randomised controlled trial done in...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH This fact sheet provides a review of the living and housing conditions of Indigenous households in Canada. The fact sheet begins by presenting demographic data, housing statistics and the rates of homelessness, followed...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Homelessness is associated with poor health. A policy approach aiming to end homelessness across Europe and North America, the ‘Housing First’ (HF) model, provides rapid housing, not conditional on abstinence from substance...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Ready to Rent BC, the non-profit organization behind the rapidly growing RentSmart education model for successful tenancies and housing stability – is launching an online toolkit to inspire communities to begin the...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH SiMPACT Strategy Group is a leading expert on measuring and valuing social impact. SiMPACT builds capacity in social impact and valuation through a variety of courses. These include social return on investment...

SUMMARY OF UK RESEARCH The End Furniture Poverty campaign was launched to research the issue of Furniture Poverty, in order to raise awareness, to educate people about the potential solutions to Furniture Poverty and, ultimately,...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH The Furniture Reuse Network (FRN) is the leading representative of the social economy reuse sector in the UK. Now renamed the Reuse Network it supports more than 150 reuse charities across the...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Featuring a Furniture Bank Network (FBN) Member: IMPACT Junk Solutions & Furniture Bank Social determinants of health such as housing and income have a large impact on mental health. Community-based initiatives have...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Furniture poverty describes the crippling condition, or the inability to afford basic items of furniture that meet a dignified standard of living. It is often a silent issue because its prevalence is...