Friendship centres have the advantage of being able to position a large range of services— described very well by Ms. Camille—that can be delivered either in conjunction with the housing or parallel to it, but in any case connected to the housing. That is really critical not just from a crisis intervention perspective, but even beyond that in providing cultural supports and recreational supports, all sorts of different kinds of things that are tied to culture-based delivery that increase the adequateness of the housing, and also obtain far better outcomes over the long-term for a variety of intersecting issues.
On November 19th, 2020. See this statement in context.