Habitat for Humanity Wellington Dufferin Guelph Homeownership Model
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ANNOUNCEMENTSHabitat for Humanity Wellington Dufferin Guelph receives grant for $69,063 from City of GuelphIn support of our continuing house builds, our affiliate is pleased to announce we have entered into a conditional grant agreement with the City of Guelph for $69,063. We thank the City of Guelph for their dedication to affordable homeownership. Habitat for Humanity Canada receives A- Rating for Charity EfficiencyRecently Money Sense Magazine published its top 100 charities editorial and assessment in which Habitat for Humanity Canada was assigned a very favourable overall A- rating. Links to the editorial can be found here If you are interested in donating to Habitat for Humanity Canada`s page, please click here |
Did you know that housing is one of the determinants of health?
In 1986, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (WHO, 1986) recognized shelter as a basic prerequisite for health. It is only recently however, that researchers and policy-makers have focused on housing as an important determinant of health. Housing insecurity can be determined by various indicators, including the number of people who sleep in the streets, use temporary shelters, live in substandard dwellings, and who spend more than 30% of their income on housing. [more]
Let's Start a Conversation About Health...
and Not Talk About Health Care at All
This 5 minute video created by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health talks about the social determinants of health and social inequities in health.




