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Homelessness Partnering Strategy
Melanie Redman Executive Director A Way Home
Stephen Gaetz Director Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Professor, Faculty of Education, York University
Ending Youth Homelessness National Conference 2016
Housing First for youth in Europe
A HUMAN RIGHTS Approach
1. Immediate access to housing with no preconditions.
2. Youth choice and self determination.
3. Positive youth development orientation.
4. Individualized and client-driven supports.
5. Social and community integration.
CORE PRINCIPLES
“Too often being homeless is considered a personal and moral failing, when it’s actually a structural and political problem”. Leilani Farha, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing
“Too often being homeless is considered a personal and moral failing, when it’s actually a structural and political problem”. Leilani Farha, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).
All human rights apply to youth, however the ones listed below are the most relevant:
Economic and Social Rights Civil and Political Rights Right to an adequate standard of living Freedom of expression
Right to housing Right to life
Right to food Right of access to justice
Right to work Freedom of assembly
Right to education Right to personal security
Right to health & privacy
Right to freedom from discrimination & right to equality
These are your RIGHTS!
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definition 1
“Youth homelessness” refers to the situation and experience of young people between the ages of 13 and 24 who are living independently of parents and/or caregivers, but do not have the means or ability to acquire a stable, safe or consistent residence.