Articles & Research
The Role of Choice in Housing First
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH This study examined the types of housing features considered important to a sample of homeless persons diagnosed with a mental illness and/or substance use disorder and the
Permanent Supportive Housing: Assessing the Evidence
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Permanent supportive housing provides safe, stable housing for people with mental and substance use disorders who are homeless or disabled. This article describes permanent supportive housing and

A Roof Over My Head – Longitudinal qualitative research study
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH One of the best and only longitudinal studies that illustrates the impact of good furnishing support services through a furniture bank. There are now 3.8 million households

Housing First In Canada
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH The book also presents eight case studies of Housing First in Canada, exploring not just the results of its implementation, but how different communities made the shift

Calculate the CO2 you can save by re-using
Carbon Calculator (Spain) In Spain there is a social and environmental organization looking at the opportunities and benefits of reuse in the country. To help quantify the carbon impact they
Extender Producer Responsibility and the Role of Reuse Activities
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is being promoted as a key market based instrument to help Member States implement EU waste legislation, including application of the waste hierarchy.

Furniture Provision in Guelph and Wellington County
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH The purpose of this report is to explore furniture provision in Guelph and Wellington, the potential need for a Furniture Bank and propose recommendations for moving forward.

The Market Potential and Demand for Furniture Re-use in UK
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Looking at all sources of furniture reuse in the UK it does quantify furniture bank operations. Furniture Re-use Organisations (FRO) are social enterprises or charities that receive

Benefits of Reuse – Domestic Furniture
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH In 2009, WRAP published Meeting the UK Climate Challenge: The Contribution of Resource Efficiency. This showed that one of the best resource efficiency strategies for reducing greenhouse

Furniture for the homeless: A house without furniture is not a home
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Ensuring homeless persons have adequate furniture is essential if they are to maintain their new tenancies and avoid repeat homelessness. This has been widely recognised in the

Tackling the Social Determinants of Health An Evidence Review
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH There is increasing pressure to tackle the wider social determinants of health through the implementation of appropriate interventions. Thirty systematic reviews were identified. This paper summarizes the results the effects

Housing as a Social Determinant of First Nations Inuit and Metis Health
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