--- title: The Latest | Nick Falvo (2) description: "Nick Falvo is a Calgary-based research consultant with a PhD in public policy. His decade-long experience working front-line with individuals experiencing homelessness in Toronto provides him a deep understanding of the ‘on the ground’ phenomena that influence poverty, a lack of affordable housing and homelessness. While at Carleton University, Nick developed and taught one of Canada’s only university-level courses on affordable housing and homelessness. He also led two research projects looking at poverty, affordable housing and homelessness in Canada’s North. From 2015 until 2019, Nick worked as Director of Research and Data at the Calgary Homeless Foundation. Nick is currently President of Nick Falvo Consulting Inc. You can check out his website at www.nickfalvo.ca. 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His decade-long experience working front-line with individuals experiencing homelessness in Toronto provides him a deep understanding of the ‘on the ground’ phenomena that influence poverty, a lack of affordable housing and homelessness. While at Carleton University, Nick developed and taught one of Canada’s only university-level courses on affordable housing and homelessness. He also led two research projects looking at poverty, affordable housing and homelessness in Canada’s North. From 2015 until 2019, Nick worked as Director of Research and Data at the Calgary Homeless Foundation. Nick is currently President of Nick Falvo Consulting Inc. You can check out his website at www.nickfalvo.ca. Find me on: ### Recent Posts [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/social-suggested-images/Falvo-Photo-150x150.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/how-housing-policy-benefits-from-a-socioeconomic-perspective?hsLang=en-us) ### [How Housing Policy Benefits from a Socioeconomic Perspective](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/how-housing-policy-benefits-from-a-socioeconomic-perspective?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Nick Falvo](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/nick-falvo) on December 21, 2016 On November 17, I delivered a [webinar](http://chra-achru.ca/en/webinars) presentation for the [Canadian Housing and Renewal Association](http://chra-achru.ca/en) titled “The Missing Piece: How Housing Policy Benefits from a Socioeconomic Perspective.” The presentation focused on both macroeconomic factors and factors pertaining to Canada’s social welfare system in general; I argued that leaders in Canada’s non-profit housing sector should be mindful of such issues (and not just focus on housing and homelessness).  My PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded [here](http://chra-achru.ca/sites/default/files/falvo_chra_webinar_2016.pptx); the entire webinar [can be viewed here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOY0-28h_98&feature=youtu.be). Here are 10 things to know: [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/how-housing-policy-benefits-from-a-socioeconomic-perspective?hsLang=en-us) [![](http://calgaryhomeless.com/content/uploads/Falvo-Photo-150x150.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/10-things-to-know-about-canadian-attempts-to-count-homelessness?hsLang=en-us) ### [10 Things to Know About Canadian Attempts to Count Homelessness](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/10-things-to-know-about-canadian-attempts-to-count-homelessness?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Nick Falvo](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/nick-falvo) on December 8, 2016 *This blog was originally posted on the [Calgary Homelessness Foundation](http://calgaryhomeless.com/info/research-blog/ten-things-know-canadian-attempts-count-homelessness-point-time-counts-nick-falvo/) website on November 30, 2016 by Nick Falvo and is re-published here with permission.* Alberta’s seven largest municipalities recently released [early results](http://www.7cities.ca/7-cities-pit-count) of a provincially-coordinated effort to enumerate and survey persons experiencing homelessness. Most of these communities reported reductions in homelessness, and reported a 19% reduction in province-wide homelessness compared to the first provincially-coordinated count conducted in 2014. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/10-things-to-know-about-canadian-attempts-to-count-homelessness?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Events/Vibrant_Communities/Images/stockplanthands.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/ten-things-to-know-about-the-cpp-debate?hsLang=en-us) ### [Ten things to know about the CPP debate](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/ten-things-to-know-about-the-cpp-debate?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Nick Falvo](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/nick-falvo) on November 11, 2016 *This article originally appeared on [Behind the Numbers](http://behindthenumbers.ca/2016/10/27/ten-things-know-cpp-debate/#_ftn1) on October 27, 2016 by Allan Moscovitch, Richard Lochead and Nick Falvo, and is re-published here with permission.* This fall, [Canada’s Parliament will debate ](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/commons-finance-committee-told-liberals-will-table-cpp-bill-in-october/article31799815/)a recent proposal to expand the [Canada Pension Plan (CPP)](http://www.esdc.gc.ca/en/cpp/index.page).[1] Indeed, since the 2008-2009 world financial crisis, Canada has witnessed a renewed public debate on the CPP.  Two factors have prompted this. First, as a result of the crisis, employer-sponsored pension plans lost substantial value. Second, partly in response to this loss in value, many employers either reduced their pension coverage or stopped offering them to workers altogether. With all of the above in mind, here are 10 things to know about the CPP: [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/ten-things-to-know-about-the-cpp-debate?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Events/Vibrant_Communities/Images/Parliament.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/ten-things-to-know-about-central-agencies-in-canada?hsLang=en-us) ### [Ten Things to Know about Central Agencies in Canada](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/ten-things-to-know-about-central-agencies-in-canada?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Nick Falvo](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/nick-falvo) on August 12, 2016 From time to time, voluntary sector leaders—and advocates in general—come up with ideas for new spending and new social programs. When they do this, they often focus too much on influencing elected officials, and too little on influencing senior public servants. What’s more, it’s important that their proposals be supported by good research, in part because exaggerated claims about the benefits of their proposals may hurt them in the end. With all of this in mind, here are 10 things to know about central agencies in Canada. 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