--- title: The Latest | Homelessness description: Homelessness | --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! [![Write a post](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1) #### Subscribe. Be in the know. Get the latest updates about community change and building vibrant communities. 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The Canada Disability Benefit Act creates a new supplemental income for people living with a disability, which seeks to support financial security for a community that is twice as likely to live in poverty. ** [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/people-with-disabilities-in-canada-one-step-closer-to-financial-independence?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/rashid-sadykov-Whitehorse-building_cropped.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/bright-spot-whitehorse-achieves-a-quality-by-name-list?hsLang=en-us) ### [Bright Spot: Whitehorse Achieves a Quality By-Name List](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/bright-spot-whitehorse-achieves-a-quality-by-name-list?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/canadian-alliance-to-end-homelessness) on June 10, 2022 *This blog post was originally published on the [Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness](https://caeh.ca/bright-spot-whitehorse-by-name-list/) blog in March 2022.* ** [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/bright-spot-whitehorse-achieves-a-quality-by-name-list?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/dimi-katsavaris-germany-backpack.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/a-walk-to-remember-hearing-martins-story?hsLang=en-us) ### [A walk to remember: Hearing Martin’s story](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/a-walk-to-remember-hearing-martins-story?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Kimberly Jewkes](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/kimberly-jewkes) on April 27, 2022 *People experiencing deep poverty describe how discrimination and stigma can be significant roadblocks on the journey to better circumstances, and how important it is to shift the assumption that poverty is ‘normal’. * ** [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/a-walk-to-remember-hearing-martins-story?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/megan-lee-guelph.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/bright-spot-yes-in-my-backyard-campaign-rises-up-against-nimbyism?hsLang=en-us) ### [Bright Spot: Yes! In My Backyard campaign rises up against NIMBYism](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/bright-spot-yes-in-my-backyard-campaign-rises-up-against-nimbyism?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/canadian-alliance-to-end-homelessness) on November 15, 2021 *This blog post originally appeared on the [Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness website](https://caeh.ca/bright-spot-yimby/). Reposted with permission.* ** [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/bright-spot-yes-in-my-backyard-campaign-rises-up-against-nimbyism?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/Toronto.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/taking-a-human-rights-based-approach-to-housing-in-toronto?hsLang=en-us) ### [Taking a human rights-based approach to housing in Toronto](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/taking-a-human-rights-based-approach-to-housing-in-toronto?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Maytree](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/maytree) on June 28, 2021 Poverty is what happens when people cannot access their human right to an adequate standard of living. They lack equitable access to housing, health care and pharmacare, education and training opportunities, or decent work. They experience food insecurity, poor sanitation and undrinkable water, or lack of income. Poverty is created by systems that affect people differently; as a result, Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities, women, and people with disabilities, for example, experience poverty at disproportionately high rates. 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