Members of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition recently released A Home for Everyone: A Housing Action Plan for Whitehorse. The plan, developed through workshops, research and input from community members, focuses information and ideas that will provide more and better housing options for all Whitehorse residents.

Highlights of the action plan include recommended actions to fill identified gaps including the provision of emergency shelter, transitional housing, housing with long-term support, rental accommodation and affordable home ownership.

Staff at the Nunavut Anti-Poverty Secretariat and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. recently sent out the first edition of a new e-newsletter which tracks the progress of the Nunavut Poverty Reduction Action Plan.

The Roundtable is a gathering place for the various Nunavut organizations involved with poverty reduction in the territory. Partners  include the Nunavut Literacy Council and the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, and municipal governments, businesses, labour unions and ordinary citizens.