Leadership to Action:

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1 Leadership to Action: Strengthening Our Collective Impact A policy engagement gathering for the urban Indigenous population in Metro Vancouver 4 Housing and Homelessness Discussion Paper Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council February 2017 Theatre Room (downstairs) VAFCS Tuesday February 7, :30 am noon

2 MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable 2016 Page 1 of 8

3 Introduction DRAFT Housing and Homelessness Discussion Paper This document is a draft and does not represent our final position on Housing and Homelessness. This paper is intended to act as the basis for discussion at the Housing and Homelessness Roundtable session during our upcoming urban Aboriginal policy engagement conference, Leadership to Action: Strengthening Our Collective Impact. The Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council (MVAEC) was founded in 2008 to respond to the urban Aboriginal community s desire for a more collaborative, strategic, and unified voice across Metro Vancouver. MVAEC was incorporated as a society in 2009 and currently includes 23 diverse Aboriginal non-profit organizations operating throughout Metro Vancouver. Alongside these organizations, MVAEC works to positively influence outcomes for the urban Aboriginal community through strategic planning and advocacy on issues of collective concern to its members. To this end, MVAEC has developed six roundtables to address high priority community needs in the areas of children, youth, and families; health and wellness; arts, language, and culture; housing and homelessness; education, training, and employment; and justice. Each table is chaired by an MVAEC Council member and consists of MVAEC members, invited community members, organizations, and other stakeholders. The roundtables aim to reduce disparities in standards of living between urban Aboriginal community members and other citizens of Metro Vancouver. These roundtable sessions represent a first step in creating a baseline understanding of the key issues for all of Metro Vancouver as MVAEC embarks upon a collective impact approach. As such, there are three options to consider as we decide how best to move forward: 1. Establish two common agenda priorities per roundtable for a total of 12 targets; or 2. Establish one common agenda priority per roundtable for a total of six targets; or 3. Establish only one or two common agenda priorities across all roundtables and each individual roundtable will establish linkages to the broader target. MVAEC recommends Option # 3 and believes that Education, Training and Employment should be our first common agenda across all roundtables. We recommend this for two reasons: 1) This remains a key funding criteria by Federal/Provincial/Municipal governments; and 2) It has the opportunity to allow us to hit homeruns which support all roundtables directly and indirectly, e.g. if we train more of our people, they will get better paying jobs, be able to afford/own their housing, provide for their children/families, have better health ideally, and have less involvement with the justice system, with strong cultural identities intact. MVAEC s second common agenda could be Housing & Homelessness again for two reasons: 1) people can t be expected to find work, attend school or training if they don t have a home or can t afford one (a large number of post-secondary students MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable 2016 Page 2 of 8

4 withdraw largely due to financial difficulties); and 2) we have a recent housing and homeless strategy which can help us target our efforts. This Paper This paper presents an example of a potential collective impact framework for the housing and homelessness roundtable, including creating a shared agenda, shared measurements, and mutually reinforcing activities. Several key questions are posed at the end of the paper. Strengthening Our Collective Impact for the Urban Aboriginal Population (Example) A. City of Vancouver, Mayor s Task Force on Housing Affordability 1. Olga Ilich, Task Force Co-Chair 2. Flows Working Group 3. Partnerships Working Group 4. Dianna Hurford, Housing Planner B. Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency 1. Mukhtar Latif, City of Vancouver Chief Housing Officer & VAHA CEO C. MLA, Vancouver West End 1. Spencer Chandra-Herbert D. Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council (MVAEC) 1. Ken Clement, MVAEC Board of Directors Chair, and CEO of the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network 2. Dave Eddy, MVAEC Board of Directors Vice Chair, and Vancouver Native Housing Society - Executive Director 3. Kevin Barlow, MVAEC Chief Executive Officer 4. Marcel Swain, MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable Chair, and CEO of Lu ma Native Housing Society 5. Shelly Hill, MVAEC Council Member, and ED for the Kekinow Native Housing Society 6. Susan Tatoosh, Executive Director, Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Center E. Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA) 1. Dena Klashinsky, UNYA Executive Director F. Aboriginal Housing Management Association, BC 1. Interim Chief Executive Officer G. ATIRA Women s Resource Society: Housing 1. Janice Abbot, CEO MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable 2016 Page 3 of 8

5 Example: Creating and Refining a Common Agenda A. Collective Impact Structure 1. Agree to participate in a Collective Impact Structure 2. Agree to develop a common agenda. Agree to a mutually reinforcing partnership and implementation process 3. Decide on how to integrate the common agenda of Housing &Homelessness with an overarching MVAEC common agenda B. City of Vancouver, Mayor s Task Force on Housing Affordability 1. Housing and Homelessness Strategy, Desired outcome for participating in the MVAEC Collective Impact Strategy C. Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency 1. Ensure resources and projects align with Council goals and objectives 2. Deliver housing as quickly, efficiently, and affordably as possible through standardized processes, economies of scale, and clear decision making 3. Identify where the greatest impact can be made, and act as a catalyst for innovative housing ideas and models 4. Evaluate outcomes and share learnings with the City and senior levels of government, driving standardization and streamlining of processes across multiple delivery platforms 5. Desired outcome for participating in the MVAEC Collective Impact Strategy D. MLA, Vancouver West End 1. Housing & Homelessness 2. Desired outcome for participating in the MVAEC Collective Impact Strategy E. Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council (MVAEC) 1. Expanding the MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable 2. MVAEC Housing & Wellness Strategy 2020 MOU with the City of Vancouver 3. Creating an MVAEC 10 Year Regional Housing Strategy in Metro Vancouver F. Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA) 1. Residential Programs 2. Desired outcome for participating in the MVAEC Collective Impact Strategy G. Aboriginal Housing Management Association, BC 1. Oversee Aboriginal Housing providers across British Columbia 2. Support the development of new housing for Aboriginal people MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable 2016 Page 4 of 8

6 3. Manage Urban Native and Rural Native Housing portfolios 4. Administer capacity development through training, consulting and advising member societies 5. Desired outcome for participating in the MVAEC Collective Impact Strategy Creating Shared Measurements Collecting data and measuring results consistently across all participants can ensure efforts remain aligned. A. Social indicators should be: 1. Reflective of a particular social idea; I. Ending homelessness Shelters Single room occupancy (SRO) hotels Supportive housing II. Rental housing Non-market rentals (social housing) Purpose-built rentals Secondary suites Rented condo III. Ownership Condos Other ownership 2. Valid and meaningful; I. For the urban Aboriginal population in Metro Vancouver II. Ending homelessness Inventory of shelters, SROs, and supportive housing Sharing best practices for measuring, monitoring, and revising services revealed in the inventory III. Rental Housing Inventory of non-market rentals, purpose-built rentals, secondary suites, and rental condos MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable 2016 Page 5 of 8

7 Sharing best practices for measuring, monitoring, and revising services revealed in the inventory IV. Ownership Inventory of condo ownership by the urban Aboriginal population Correlation of ownership with education, training, and employment? 3. Sensitive to the underlying phenomenon; Displacement of the urban Aboriginal from Vancouver proper into surrounding municipalities due to gaps in housing, education, training, and employment opportunities. For example, the increase in the urban Aboriginal population in Surrey due to housing and employment inequities in Vancouver proper. Is there a social justice issue not being addressed? Are organizations that provide services to the urban Aboriginal population in Metro Vancouver interested in addressing these quality of life issues? Collectively identifying a single issue related to Aboriginal youth for which organizations can work towards creating achievable changes Collectively identifying a single issue related to Aboriginal elders for which organizations can work towards creating achievable changes Collectively identifying a single issue related to urban Aboriginal intergenerational quality of living for which organizations can work towards creating achievable changes. Emphasize an intergenerational social justice issue that has been historically and systematically overlooked. 4. Summary in nature; 5. Useful and current when human resources are available in MVAEC social networks, make social indicators available as a time series. Provide with time series analysis training to bolster communication among stake holders participating in collective impact strategies; 6. Able to be disaggregated; 7. Easily interpretable; and, 8. Relatable to other indicators, where appropriate. MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable 2016 Page 6 of 8

8 Mutually Reinforcing Activities A. Outputs and Outcomes of Social Indicators 1. Shared policy development, implementation of time-lines, and methods of evaluation B. Immediate Actions 1. Support MVAEC s leadership and capacity through secured core funding contributions 2. Invite Aboriginal housing organizations to the table. They know this community best 3. Begin to fill the data gaps and create a better understanding of urban Aboriginal life 4. Find creative funding for municipal housing development 5. Create an immediate plan to construct 1500 new social housing units across Metro Vancouver by Launch the planning process for a 10 year regional housing strategy for Metro Vancouver 7. Continue to engage Aboriginal residents in all planning efforts Presenting a Collective Strategy to the Education and Health Sectors, 2017 MVAEC Conference A. All Our Relations in Housing, Health, and Education 1. Presenting the MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable strategy, Strengthening Our Collective Impact to the Metro Vancouver Education and Health sectors 2. Inviting all our relations in Housing, Health, and Education to strengthen our collective impact for the urban Aboriginal population in Metro Vancouver through MVAEC s Housing & Homelessness 10 Year Regional Housing Strategy Key Questions These questions are intended to stimulate discussion during the Housing and Homelessness roundtable meeting. The information shared during this session will be used to inform MVAEC s final position on housing and homelessness and will contribute to the development of a collective impact strategy. From a Collective Impact approach, if the audience agrees that Education, Employment and Training is our main common agenda, followed by housing and homelessness as our second, consider these questions: MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable 2016 Page 7 of 8

9 1. Do you agree with these 2 targets? Why or why not? 2. If we do agree there is relevance, what are some examples of advancing work under this roundtable that links back to Education, Employment and Training as well as Housing & Homelessness? 3. Are there other issues not identified in the draft discussion paper that you feel are critical for us to understand? 4. Are there gaps in our knowledge of the issues? 5. Are there success stories, for example, Calgary applied collective impact to address homelessness and has made major strides, are there others you know about that are more specific to Aboriginal people? 6. If MVAEC endorses a culture as the intervention approach, what role does culture play for each roundtable, e.g. the urban Aboriginal population in Metro Vancouver does not have a land-base, yet Aboriginal people often need/benefit from land-based healing, so how do we apply culture as one of the filters? MVAEC Housing & Homelessness Roundtable 2016 Page 8 of 8