To address the huge need, housing groups across Canada have identified the need for the federal and provincial governments to commit one percent of their budgets to housing. Every political representative should be challenged to commit to work for this One Percent Solution.

• Contact your MP
• Contact your MLA

• Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness
  Contact info [at] ecohh [dot] ca

There are many sources of information about housing security. HomeFest offers these as some helpful ones but mention of any of them does not carry any endorsement of the organisations or the content of the websites by Homefest or ECOHH

1. Housing and homelessness information:
   • Homeward Trust Edmonton
     Contact (780) 496-2630 or info [at] homewardtrust [dot] ca
   • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
     National organization that has extensive research on many aspects of housing
   • Wellesley Institute
     Research centre with housing security and other issues
   • Canada Housing Renewal Association
   • Raising the Roof
   • National Coalition for the Homeless
     US site with large amount of information
   • Rooftops Canada
     Housing issues in other parts of the world where there is Canadian involvement
2. Housing organisations in other cities:
   • Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
   • End Homelessness Ottawa
3. Edmonton information for renters and landlords on legal rights and responsibilities:
   • Landlord and Tenant
4. Social justice/public policy organizations (including much on housing security):
   • Canadian Council for Social Development
   • Canadian Policy Research Networks