Homelessness & Housing
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From  NEW! DisappearanceFrom: Encampment |
Helwig discusses the disproportionate instances of missing person cases among the homeless population, highlighting a few cases in particular. | Maggie Helwig | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
 NEW! Dispatches from the ThresholdTenant Power in Times of Crisis |
Housing insecurity turned catastrophic during the COVID-19 pandemic, exposing the cruelty of threadbare tenant protections and state hostility toward unhoused people made worse by mass … | Alexander Ferrer; Rae Baker | 238 | 2025 | View |
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From  Domicide in the Liveable CityFrom: Resisting Eviction |
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 |
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From NEW! Easter Homily, 2018From: Encampment |
In this chapter Helwig urges the reader to overcome things such as power, greed, fear, in order to maintain hope within, and bear witness to, our difficult world. | Maggie Helwig | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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NEW! EncampmentResistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community |
Maggie Helwig shares what it’s like to advocate for the unhoused people who set up an encampment beside the Anglican church in Toronto’s Kensington Market, where she is the priest. It … | 202 | View | ||
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From NEW! Encampment Evictions in Washington, DC |
In this chapter, Howe and Clarkk examine encampment evictions in Washington, DC, during 2020 and 2021. | Aaron Howe; Shannon Clark | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
 NEW! Ending Homelessness in CanadaThe Case for Homelessness Prevention |
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 … | 186 | View | ||
 Fight to WinInside Poor People’s Organizing |
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 … | 305 | View | ||
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From Fighting for Roofs and BedsHousing First From: Fight to Win |
In this chapter the author describes the efficacy and short-comings of a Housing First model for addressing homelessness. Given the background of neoliberalism, the author concludes that programs … | A. J. Withers | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From Fighting to WinPower and Poor People’s Organizing From: Fight to Win |
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 |
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From NEW! FireFrom: Encampment |
Helwig describes how extreme cold alerts affect Toronto’s homeless population, including increased incidences of encampment fires. | Maggie Helwig | 18 | 2025 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Foreword |
In this foreword, Stein introduces the collection and how it documents housing justice organizing amid various crises of the twenty-first century. | Samuel Stein | 2 | 2025 | $0.20 Add |
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From NEW! HereFrom: Encampment |
Helwig discusses the dehumanization of homeless people in the city of Toronto and the difficult circumstances under which they must survive, including the limitations of shelter and affordable … | Maggie Helwig | 18 | 2025 | $1.80 Add |
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From Heron Gate and the Financialization of Rental HousingFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 6 examines Heron Gate’s owner and landlord in more detail. Crosby takes a deep dive into the world of financialized real estate investment within a broader context of housing policy and … | Andrew Crosby | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
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From Heron Gate, Racial Stigma, and Strategic NeglectFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 5 offers a profile of Heron Gate Village. Crosbys analyzes statistics on community demographics and housing. With its high concentration of immigrants, refugees, and people of colour, … | Andrew Crosby | 17 | 2023 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Homily for Christmas Midnight Mass, 2022From: Encampment |
Helwig highlights the importance of focusing on things such as love, light, and patience, and caring for the world just as the world cares for us. | Maggie Helwig | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
