Around the world, approximately 100 million people live without permanent homes. People need homes for physical reasons (such as protection from the elements), psychological reasons (such as having a familiar place in which to be relaxed or to perform rituals) and social reasons (such as nurturing relationships). Adequate, affordable and accessible housing is an important justice issue in Canada and Bermuda and around the world.
The following resources have been prepared so that individuals, groups and congregations can become more aware about issues of housing and homelessness, and able to pray wisely:
- Housing and Homelessness: Prayer Guide
- Housing and Homelessness: Worship Aids
- Homelessness: A Group Study
- Housing and Homelessness: FAQs
- The Potato Rant (a video by Dion Oxford)
- Housing and Homelessness: Additional Resources
- TAKE ACTION – ideas for adults, youth and kids
- The Dignity Project
- “You can’t really call this home” (research paper on service delivery in Salvation Army shelters)
- “Poverty shouldn’t be a life sentence” (study commissioned by The Salvation Army in Canada)
- Homelessness Guidelines (courtesy of Social Services, T.H.Q.)
