• How By-Name Lists Help Communities to End Homelessness (Community Solutions) (3 min – animated)
• CAEH Canadian Functional Zero and By-Name Lists – Chronic (4 min – animated)
• CAEH Canadian Functional Zero and By-Name Lists – Veteran (3 min – animated)
• Simcoe County By-Name List Overview (2 min – animated)
• Simcoe County Coordinated Access Video (4 min animated)
• Kawartha-Haliburton Homelessness Coordinated Entry System (4 min)
• OrgCode By-Name List, Coordinated Access, and Priority Lists – What the Heck is the Difference? (3 min)
• Adelaide Zero Project By-Name Lists (2.5 min – animated)
• Waterloo Region BNL/CA Privacy and Consent Training Video (5 min)
• Using and Sharing Data to Improve Outcomes For Homeless Veterans (US) (10 min)

• See the Person (Campaign by the Nipissing District Homelessness and Housing Partnership)
  • See the Person 1 (1 min)
  • See the Person 2 (1 min)
• The Will to Change (Cranbrook) (17 min) – three residents share their story of falling into homelessness, and bouncing back
• Displaced: Living in the Shadows (Penticton 100 More Homes)
  • Dorothy’s Story (8 mins)
  • Christopher’s Story (8 mins)
  • Tim’s Story (7 mins)
• Recovery for All videos:
  • I’m Living Proof We can End Homelessness (1.5 mins)
  • I’m Living Proof: Randy (2 mins)
  • I’m Living Proof: Theresa (2 mins)
  • Dana’s Story (1 min)
  • Call to Action: The Time to End Homelessness is Now! (1.5 mins)
  • Its Time to Think Big: We Have the Ability to End Homelessness (3 min)
  • Why is Housing in Canada so Unaffordable? (1.4 mins) (2021)
• You Are Pretty Much On Your Own: The Disasters of Homelessness and the Pandemic (2021, animated, 8 mins) – narratives from two communities in Nova Scotia
• If Our Streets Could Speak (2 min) – Spoken Word from CAEH16 in London
• What’s the Line Between Homelessness and Housing – Two Women Share Their Stories (3 min)
• Rethink Homelessness – Cardboard Stories (1.5 min) – Orlando, set to music “Royals”
• York Region Videos:
  • I Count – Glen’s Story (1 min) (single adult homelessness)
  • I Count – Kaite’s Story (1 min) (family homelessness)
  • I Count – Tristan’s Story (1 min) (youth homelessness)

• A Question of Care (Peterborough) – treating people with respect and making a connection:
  • One Word (shelter and panhandling) (1 min)
  • Too Bad, Not Today (receptionist) (1 min)
  • You Stepped Up (1.5 min)
  • Making the Connection (1 min)
  • It Matters (1 min)

• Sesame Street on family and child homelessness – find videos, printables and more HERE. Examples:
  • A Rainbow Kind of Day (3.5 mins)
  • Connect the Dots (3.5 mins)
  • Ribbons of Hope (2 min)
• PointSource Youth – Media and Visual Storytelling Library – over 12 short videos with youth stories from the US – includes racialized and LGBTQ+ focused stories.

• Low-Barrier Housing-Focused Shelter Series (four 2 min videos – animated)

• Pathways Housing First (13 different videos)
• Landlords Like That (5 min – From At Home/Chez Soi)

RainCity Housing – Housing First

• Housing First Principles into Practice Overview (4 min)
• Principle #1 Immediate Access to Housing with No Readiness Preconditions (10 min)
• Principle #2 Consumer Choice and Self-Determination (8.5 min)
• Principle #3 Recovery Orientation (10.5 min)
• Principle #4 Individualized and Person-Driven Support (8.5 min)
• Principle #5 Social and Community Integration (8 min)
• Also see the Workbook or the Facilitators Guide

FEANTSA Housing First

• What is Housing First (3.5 min)
• Core Principles of Housing First (8 min)
• Supporting People in Housing First – Part 1 (7 min)
• Supporting People in Housing First – Part 2 (10 min)
• Supporting People in Housing First – Part 3 (9 min)
• Team Working in Housing First (8 min)
• Community Working in Housing First (6.5 min)
• Delivering Housing – Part 1 (7 min)
• Delivering Housing – Part 2 (8.5 min)
• Evaluating Housing First (10.5 min)
• Why is Housing First Strategically Important (5.5 min)
• Scaling Up Housing First (8 min)

Other Housing First

• The Daily Show Investigates Where The Homeless Have Gone in Utah (5.5 min) 
• Why Housing First? (2.5 min) – from the European End Street Homelessness Campaign
• Housing First in Amsterdam (7.5 min)
• Finland and Housing First – World Economic Forum (1 min) – posted on Facebook

• 100,000 Homes Campaign – Registry Weeks (4 min)
• 100,000 Homes Campaign Year 2 (3 min)
• 100,000 Homes Wrap-Up – We Can End Homelessness (4.5 min)
• Chatham-Kent 2018 Registry Week (4 min)
• Fredericton’s 2016 Registry Week (7 min)
• Hamilton’s 2016 Registry Week (3.5 min)
• Waterloo’s 2014 Registry Week – Short Version (2.5 min) Long Version (5.5 min)
• What is a Connections Week? (2.5 min) – from the European End Street Homelessness Campaign

• The Right to Housing in Canada (2.5 mins) (2021) – from the Canadian Human Rights Commission
• Raising the Roof Humans for Humans – Mean Tweets – Let’s Change the Conversation (1 min)
• Crisis UK:
  • Everyone In: End Homelessness UK (1.5 min) and a one-year progress update (2 min) on Everyone In
  • If Everybody is In (1 min) – Crisis teamed up with a host of celebrities including Tom Hardy, Emma Thompson, Ellie Goulding, Jodie Whittaker and Richard Gere to call for an end to homelessness in Great Britain.
  • Would You Rather… Pay the Rent of Feed the Kids? (2 min)
  • Cover the Costs (2 min) for campaign to Increase Housing Allowances (2 min)
• Australia’s Everybody’s Home Campaign (2 min – animated)
• Toronto – What Does Ending Homelessness Mean to You (3 min)
• World Homelessness Day (5 min) – short dance film highlighting critical issue of youth homelessness in Australia
• OrgCode – Do What You Say You Are Going to Do Rant (2.5 min)
• Hockey Helps the Homeless (3.5 min)
• LGBTQ2S Toolkit Introduction (3 min – animated) (Away Home Canada, 2015)
• The Intersection of Homelessness and Domestic Violence (3 min) (National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 2017)
• A New Direction: A Framework for Homeless Prevention (1.5 min) (COH, 2017)

The following films are fictional but often based on true stories.

• The Public – Trailer (2019) – starring Emilio Estevez and Alec Baldwin
• The Florida Project – Trailer (2017) – starring William Defoe
• Same Kind of Different As Me – Trailer (2017) – starring Greg Kinnear, Rene Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou
• The Lady in the Van – Trailer (2015) – starring Maggie Smith
• Time Out of Mind – Trailer (2015) – starring Richard Gere, Ben Vereen, Jena Malone
• The Soloist – Trailer (2009) – starring Robert Downie Jr. and Jaime Foxx
• The Pursuit of Happiness – Trailer (2006) – starring Will Smith
• Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story – Full TV Movie (2003)
• Monster – Trailer (2003) with Charlize Theron
• Where the Heart Is – Trailer (2000) with Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd

Documentary Films

• Push (2019) – follows Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, as she travelling the globe, trying to understand who’s being pushed out of the city and why. To book a screening contact film@wgfilm.com.
• US and THEM (2017) – spans 10 years as filmmaker Krista Loughton attempts to help four homeless people who end up helping her. Includes candid conversations and interviews with addiction expert Dr Gabor Mate book a screening contact Krista Loughton, 250-889-1232, krista@usandthemthefilm.ca.

While not homeless-specific, these videos speak to key mindsets and strategies that are essential to support the transformational change necessary to end homelessness in your community.

• Quality Improvement (11 min – animated)
• Collective Impact – Rowing (2 min – animated)
• Leadership Lessons – Dancing Guy (3 min)
• Growth Mindset (3 min – animated)
• Cat Herding (1 min) (a funny video that can be used to lighten the mood around change management)
• Never Give Up Race (3 min)
• Never Give Up Pig (3.5 min – animated) (a funny video illustrating never giving up)
• Famous Failures (4 min – animated) & Famous Failures Part 2 (4 min – animated)
• Start with “Why” (Simon Sinek) Short Version (5 min) and Long Version (18 min)
• Equity and Equality (3 min – animated)
• How to Increase Your Grit (2.5 min – animated)
• Diffusion of Innovation: Part 1 – The Adoption Curve (3.5 min – animated) & Part 2 – The “S” Curve (3.5 min – animated)
• Brainstorming – Observe IDEO Experts in Action (2 min)
• How to Make Toast – TED Talk on Process Mapping with Ted Wujec (9 min)
• Leading Change (from Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard – by Chip and Dan Heath):
  • Video Review for Switch (7 min – animated)
  • Elephant, Rider and Path – A Tale of Behavior Change (2 min – animated)
  • Finding Bright Spots (3.5 min)
  • Why Change is So Hard (4 min)
  • Its the Situation Not the Person (3.5 min)
  • Shrink the Change with 1 Minute Praisings (3 min)