Cornerstone Landing

Cornerstone Landing’s first house in Perth is ready to open — but legal fine print may prevent their tiny home from being used for extra housing in the backyard. insideottawavalley.com/news-story/103… @CornerstoneLan1 @PerthOntarioCan #ottnews

More before and after pictures of our youth transitional housjng project in Perth. Amazing what volunteers can accomplish during a pandemic. Thanks to all who volunteered time and donated furniture! #rural #housing #volunteers #youth

Our 3rd Speaker at tomorrow's #HousingForAll event is Terrilee Kelford who has been working in the field of Child Welfare for over 24 years. It is because of this work she has become a passionate advocate for youth experiencing homelessness in Rural communities. 1/2

Talking Tiny Homes on Saturday!

Join us Saturday April 24 from 1 pm to 3pm. Speakers will be: Tina Stevens @CHFCanada Alexandra Kane #BlackLivesMatter Terrilee Kelford @CornerstoneLan1 Wendy Goldsmith Jai Wareham …ndonregionsocialforum.wildapricot.org/Housing-For-All

Our first speaker at tomorrow's Housing For All Event is Tina Stevens, President and Indigenous Director of @CHFCanada. A determined and patient teacher, Tina along with the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada staff created a Reconciliation Toolkit. 1/3

Jan 1-March 31 2020 @CornerstoneLan1 had 23 referrals for young people needing housing/supports. The vast majority were age 18 or younger. This year we’ve had 6 referrals, 5 of which are 20+. 1. Schools being closed means less referrals 2. Worried about how youth are coping now.

BIG thanks to all of the many many many hours of donated time and services to get this house updated in the middle of a pandemic and stay at home order! Such a generous board and community! #rural #housing

Our agency @CornerstoneLan1 was started several years ago in response to an individual who passed away while sleeping outside in small town Perth. Rural homelessness is not just couch surfing. Sadly people sleep outside and die outside as well. #rural #RIP halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/trage…

Our little house for youth Housing in Perth is almost ready to go! 3 transitional beds and eventually 2 secondary units (1 Bach and 1 - 1 bed apt). Calling it Lot 5 as it is literally Lot 5 in the Town of Perth! #rural #housing

Entire organizations supporting folks who are homeless in rural communities are run by volunteers because there is not enough funding to hire staff and management. It makes it really hard to build stable and consistent supports for folks. #rural @hardlynormal Thank you!

One man’s open journey with homelessness has inspired a difficult conversation in Arnprior, around legal vs illegal housing, choice, how to support somepne vs enable them, stigma, NIMBY... You can follow Guy’s story on Facebook at Arnprior on the Streets insideottawavalley.com/news-story/103…

I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique. People like me—the hidden homeless—have always been around. The pandemic is only making a bad situation worse torontolife.com/memoir/tim-mac… via @TerrileeKelford

Our Board Chair ran around delivering toques today and had the honour of dropping off a $1000.00 pin to one of our top fundraisers for Coldest Night of the Year 2021. Congratulations Eru! Thank you for your support.

...and more sponsors!

SHOUT OUT to our sponsors today for sponsoring our Coldest Night of the Year walk 2021!

We are less then 24 hours away from #CNOY 2021! Wanting to cheer on all of our Team Captains, sponsors and walkers as the final push for fundraising takes place! Keep it going! All of the proceeds from this event go to Housing for youth in rural Lanark County! #youth #housing

In a recent Parliamentary Committee appearance, I was asked if homelessness and lack of affordable housing is as prevalent in rural areas/small towns as urban areas. As this article and Terrilee make clear, the answer is yes.

Sorry @ElleHalladay for missing the Rural and Remote CoP call today. I was at the house we bought for @CornerstoneLan1 for youth housing building closets and installing drywall with my dad. 💪 #stayathomeorder #volunteers #workingbubble #youthhousing