A suggestion from the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee: David Hulchanski, a
professor at U of T and one of our founding members did an analysis of
government spending (federal, provincial and municipal) on housing for the last
ten years in Canada. This of course ties to the Ottawa Charter re right to
shelter. He discovered that total housing expenditures, as a percentage of all
budget expenditures of these governments, in the 1995-95 fiscal year was 1.07%.
We recommend the 1% solution which would double the amount now spent on housing
and would go far towards ending homelessness in the next three to five years.
So, our suggestion would be for groups, as a health promoting practice, to take
part in a public policy lobby for the One Percent Solution.

For more info check our web site: www.tao.ca/~tdrc/

Cathy Crowe

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> Hi health promoters
>
> I'm wondering if you could help me?  I'm interested in a framework to
> review government services (housing, disability services, home and
> community care, etc) to be able to make recommendations to create more
> health promoting services.
>
> I have manuals about health promotion health services and individual
> strategies for discrete settings (such as health promoting housing) but I'd
> like a model that could be applied to numerous and varied services, so that
> they could also be compared across the board.
>
> Yes, I've thought of using the Ottawa Charter and I'm interested to hear of
> other options.
>
> I'd be really keen to learn about any examples that exist for this type of
> review, especially for services that aren't within a primary care context.
>
> Any suggestions would be helpful.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Monica Bensberg
> Department of Human Services
> Victoria, Australia