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A Picture of Housing Needs in Ontario (2005) </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.toronto.ca/homelessness/pdf/reportcard2003.pdf" target="_blank">Toronto Report Card on Housing & Homelessness</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.onpha.on.ca/affordable_housing_initiatives/nimby/doc/nimby_tool_kit2005.pdf" target="_blank">Yes, In My Backyard – NIMBY Tool Kit</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.www.parkdalelegal.org/ORHT.htm" target="_blank">No Justice for Ontario Tenants</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.web.net/%7Erupert/un.htm" target="_blank">The Human Right to Adequate Housing in Canada</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.dailybread.ca/apps/index.cfm?fuseaction=publications.dspDetails&amp;Publicationsid=B8B0317A-3282-40A5-8D8B-6EC99E1D85E7" target="_blank">Somewhere to Live or Something to Eat: Housing Issues of Food Bank Clients in the GTA</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.toronto.ca/housing/pdf/tentcity5.pdf" target="_blank">From Tent City to Housing</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.equalityrights.org/cera/docs/barriers.htm" target="_blank">WOMEN AND HOUSING IN CANADA: BARRIERS TO EQUALITY</a> </p>