Legal services like the Homeless Persons Legal Service (HPLS) at the Justice and Equity Centre (JEC), provide specialist assistance to women through the HPLS Women’s Service, they assist with housing issues, advice and representation for those facing criminal charges that may result in homelessness, and assistance in a range of other areas including advocacy.
Kira Levin, principal solicitor of the HPLS, explains the service was established in 2004 “to meet people where they’re at”.
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Glenn, who is a member of StreetCare, Justice and Equity Centre, has lived experience with homelessness. He says there are many different reasons for homelessness, including mental illness, cognitive impairments and other factors. Glenn tells LSJ Online there’s a myth that homelessness is a choice. “It isn’t,” he says. “Homelessness is when you run out of other options and that can apply to just about anyone.
“I’ve come across people who have had marriage breakdowns for example and the stress of that has caused them to end up in a situation where they have no other options.”
