End Homelessness St. John's

connecting unhomed people people with homes - Looks Like Social Enterprise

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End Homelessness - where community happens

In this episode of Looks Like Social Enterprise, Doug Pawson and Nicole Aylward of End Homelessness  join co-hosts Kim Todd of Guide to the Good and Nicole Dawe of Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador to share about the work of End Homelessness St. John's, and the social enterprise HomeConnect.

Video:  Looks Like Social Enterprise - End Homelessness

October 2023, St. John's / Edited by Kim Todd & Ryan Young / Produced by Guide to the Good

End Homelessness takes on systems planning to make sure people have homes.

Access to safe, affordable housing is a challenge for many people across the country.  It's complex and there is no quick fix.  Recently in Newfoundland and Labrador the challenge became more visible as some people experiencing homelessness came together to build Tent Cities in St. John's.  

The depth and breadth of the challenges was not news to End Homelessness St. John's (EHSJ).  EHSJ exists to prevent and end homelessness in St. John's. Working collaboratively with community and public systems’ stakeholders, EHSJ leads the coordination and integration of system-wide planning.  The goal is to ensure St. John’s can become the next community in Canada to end homelessness.

End Homelessness St. John's received a grant through the Investment Readiness Fund to assess opportunities to advance Homeconnect.  HomeConnect is an online housing inventory that brings together landlords and tenants, supported by EHSJ and  housing and homeless-serving community partners. HomeConnect creates successful tenancies by identifying and reducing barriers to housing stability and ensuring supports are in place.

In this stream, Nicole A and Doug talk about the work of End Homelessness, and the HomeConnect program.

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The Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador is a Grower with Guide to the Good.  Looks Like Social Enterprise is a project of CFNL and Guide to the Good featuring recipients of the Investment Readiness Program (IRP) in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Funded by the Government of Canada, the IRP supports social purpose organizations as they contribute to solving pressing social, cultural and environmental challenges across Canada. Its goal is to help social purpose organizations build their capacity to participate in Canada’s growing social finance market and prepare themselves to be able to take on investments. 

Funding for the Investment Readiness Program is provided by the Government of Canada and facilitated by the Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador as part of the Community Foundations of Canada network.