You can also try your luck at a local Little Free Library! We've been trying to keep them stocked, as well.

Don't have a copy of the magazine yet? They're going fast but there are still a lot left!

Pick yours up for free (or pay-what-you-can) at:

- Take Cover Books (59 Hunter St E)
- The Food Shop (374 Water St)
- Dreams of Beans Café (141 Charlotte St)

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You can dive deeper into how Ontario's housing crisis is impacting people with developmental disabilities, and how local families are working to find solutions, in our new magazine's cover story.

Learn more about the magazine here: peterboroughcurrents.ca/announcement...

Instead of crossing her fingers and hoping a group home spot becomes available, Bischoff is taking matters into her own hands. She's working with local families to found a non-profit and build a duplex for Lucas and six other women.

Learn more about Our Daughters' Home: www.ourdaughtershome.ca

Now meet Jenny Lucas, 31, and her mom, Jane Bischoff.

Bischoff is anxious about what might happen to Lucas, who has autism, when Bischoff isn't around anymore. "I'm a single mother," she said. "If I keeled over there's nobody here to look after her."

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But many people with developmental disabilities lack access to adequate housing.

Ontario's supportive housing waitlist has grown by 50 percent since 2017/18. One local agency is warning of a "rising crisis in homelessness" among their disabled clients.

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The story opens with a visit to Casa de Angelae, a non-profit home in Peterborough's west end where four women with developmental disabilities live.

Casa de Angelae is a local success story — and proof that solutions ARE possible.

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This pilot issue of our magazine was made possible by the Business Innovation Stream of the Canadian Periodical Fund. We're grateful for the federal government's support, which allowed us to hire a designer and pay for printing costs.

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Back when we were publishing these stories, our readers expressed appreciation for the way they helped to break down an otherwise opaque municipal process. Proud to now have our work recognized by our industry peers.

If you missed the stories, here they are: peterboroughcurrents.ca/series/city-...