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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Ending Homelessness in Canada The Case for Homelessness Prevention James Lorimer and Company	Homelessness is at critical levels. This book identifies the causes and offers ideas about what it will take to prevent Canadians from finding themselves without a roof over their head. More …	James Hughes	186	2024	View
Fight to Win Inside Poor People’s Organizing Fernwood Publishing	AJ Withers draws on their own experiences as an organizer, extensive interviews with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) activists and Toronto bureaucrats, and freedom of information …	A. J. Withers	305	2021	View
NEW! Resisting Eviction Domicide and the Financialization of Rental Housing Fernwood Publishing	Resisting Eviction centres tenant organizing in its investigation of gentrification, eviction and the financialization of rental housing. Andrew Crosby argues that racial discrimination, property …	Andrew Crosby	188	2023	View
NEW! The Tenant Class Between The Lines	In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on either side of the class divide that splits North American society. What if there is no housing …	Ricardo Tranjan	145	2023	View
From Fighting to Win Power and Poor People’s Organizing From: Fight to Win View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter introduces Ontario Coalition Against Poverty’s mass mobilization strategies and individual casework as organizing principles. The role of casework as a dual activist strategy …	A. J. Withers	22	2021	$2.20 Add
From NEW! Preface and Introduction What Didn’t Happen: The Case for Homelessness Prevention and A Framework for Homelessness Prevention From: Ending Homelessness in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	Editor James Hughes discuss the rapid increase of homelessness since the covid-19 pandemic. through this he outlines the need for a book of this type, to stop focusing on how to treatment …	Erin Dej; James Hughes; Kaitlin Schwan; Stephen Gaetz	30	2024	$3.00 Add
From NEW! Revitalization and Settler Colonial “Improvement” From: Resisting Eviction View Fernwood Publishing	In the introductory chapter of this book, Andrew Cosby describes the investigatory purpose of this book and maps out the content covered in the following chapters.	Andrew Crosby	13	2023	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Chapter 1 Confronting Financialization to Prevent Homelessness From: Ending Homelessness in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Katlin Schwan asks us to consider how financialization, specifically the financialization of housing is contributing to the homelessness epidemic. Increasing rental prices, the …	Kaitlin Schwan	12	2024	$1.20 Add
From Privately Policing Public Space St. James Park From: Fight to Win View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter describes the brief successful campaign by OCAP against the private securitization and displacement of homeless people. The campaign challenged the moral and legal claims of the …	A. J. Withers	33	2021	$3.30 Add
From NEW! Tenants, a Social Class From: The Tenant Class View Between The Lines	Ricardo discusses the socioeconomic characteristics of tenants in Canada and argues that they exist as an economically exploited social class. He examines the Canadian rental market by providing …	Ricardo Tranjan	12	2023	$1.20 Add
From NEW! The Racial Logics of Property From: Resisting Eviction View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Crosby begins by examining the origins and historical evolution of property relations in Canada’s national capital region, outlining some of the colonial tools deployed to …	Andrew Crosby	10	2023	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 2 Turning Off the Tap: Preventing Homelessness for Victims of Violence From: Ending Homelessness in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter Two discusses the pipeline for victims of intimate partner violence into homelessness. Author Pearl Eliadis discusses the lack of second stage housing, emergency housing, the need for …	Pearl Eliadis	15	2024	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Domicide in the Liveable City From: Resisting Eviction View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Crosby explores urban liveability and domicide, identifying liveability as an ideological discourse of urban improvement that is mobilized alongside gentrification efforts to …	Andrew Crosby	11	2023	$1.10 Add
From Stay Tight Direct-Action Casework From: Fight to Win View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter details the two distinct arms of Ontario Coalition Against Poverty: mass mobilization and case work, advocating within the larger trend of neoliberal cuts and downsizing. Successful …	A. J. Withers	32	2021	$3.20 Add
From NEW! But What about the Landlords From: The Tenant Class View Between The Lines	In this chapter, Ricardo responds to the misconception that the current housing climate has put landlords in jeopardy. Ricardo examines the differences and similarities between private rental …	Ricardo Tranjan	13	2023	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Chapter 3 How Is Incarceration Generating Homelessness and What Can Be Done? From: Ending Homelessness in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Art Campbell examines how incarceration leads to homelessness. By speaking with experts, using case studies and studying solutions he offers strategies to prevent this.	Art Campbell	15	2024	$1.50 Add

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