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economist sunlsuntribune social issues saturday may 28 2005 15 by roy green staff writer participants at the largest conference on homelessness in canadian history believe the country needs a national policy on homelessness more than 1000 researchers policy makers service providers activists and homeless people gath- ered at york university for the first canadian conference on homelessness they agreed- to form an association to help develop nationwide programs and policies on the problem according to conference organizer professor stephen gaetz were taking our lead from the international com munity mr gaetz said the european observatory on homelessness has been in operation since 1989 and the united states has in place the interagency council on homelessness and the national alliance to end- homelessness while admitting a national action plan would require a mandate from the federal government mr gaetz said a we need all levels of government working together but were looking for more financial support from senior levels sylvia patterson york regon housmg director good first step would be creat ing an association to serve in part as a clearing house for research from across canada over the course of the summer well be deciding what that body will look like and what it will do the good thing is meres momentum coming out of the conference to get something done a national approach to homelessness would be ben eficial said sylvia patterson the regions director of com munity services and housing we need all levels of gov ernment working together but were looking for more financial support from senior levels ms patterson said the region has had some were investing 15 billion over the next five years for housing and homeless issues we feel ifs incumbent on us to come up with solutions susan kadis thornhillmp success from the supporting community partnership ini tiative a federal homeless ness program she added it has received more than 3 million for a number of projects including the sutton multipurpose centre for youth and the inn from the cold program in newmarket the federal government is already taking a major role in finding solutions to home lessness according to thorn- hill mp susan kadis were investing 15 bil lion over the next five years for housing and homeless issues ms kadis said we feel its incumbent on us to come up with solutions us research reveals most homeless need only a small amount of assistance to find and afford a place to live according to philip mangano executive director of the washingtonbased interagency council on homelessness research tells us 90 per cent stay housed but 10 per cent experience chronic homelessness those who have mental illness or physical disability and who have been homeless for more than a year he told the conference but that 10 per cent con sumes more than half of all homeless resources since he was appointed three years ago by us presi dent george w bush mr mangano has convinced 190 american cities to 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