Every individual and family in Moncton who needs affordable housing will have access to a permanent home within a vibrant community and with the support they need to succeed.

Using best practices, we will collaborate with public, private, and non-profit partners to make safe, affordable and adequate housing available for people living on low income. In doing so, we will create economic and social value for our community.

The operations and decision-making processes of Rising Tide are guided by a set of organizational values. The organization’s board of directors and staff members are expected to exhibit each of these values while acting in their capacity as a representative of the organization.

The values listed below are not to the exclusion of other values, traits, responsibilities and expectations of staff and board members. The values are meant to provide a framework to achieve organizational vision, mission and goals.

• Social responsibility – To act for the welfare, interest and benefit of our citizens and our community.
• Transparency – To be receptive, available, free from bias and with the obligation and readiness to provide
  stakeholder access to required financial information on housing entity operations, as the confidentiality of
  residents and timing of decisions and transactions allow.
• Accountability – To be responsible, accountable or answerable to one’s duty and others’ trust.
• Respect – To treat others with consideration, thoughtfulness, and cultivate a feeling and attitude of
  acceptance and openness towards others.
• Empowerment – To inform, encourage and support stakeholders in taking the initiative and facilitate their
  participation in the decision-making process while ensuring the appropriate authority to act has been respected
  and/or engaged.
• Effectiveness – To meet or exceed relevant quality standards and produce the desired results or effect, to be
  responsive to internal and external challenges, to encourage teamwork and to involve, wherever possible,
  people in the decisions that affect them. Test and evaluate decisions against larger goals of the organization and
  the impacts on participants/recipients of the decision.

They say a Rising Tide lifts all boats regardless of shape or size. If so, then this version of Rising Tide is trying to lift individuals out of homelessness and poverty.

It would therefore stand to reason that the answer to homelessness is affordable housing. The short answer is “yes”, but there is more to it than just finding someone a door to walk through and roof over their head. The individuals Rising Tide was designed to assist require more than just a door and roof. They also require support services in the form of case managers, social workers, access to nursing care, human resource counsellors, and in most cases mental health and addiction counselling.

When you speak about homelessness, you also need to understand the underlying effects of childhood trauma, contributing to mental health, which leads to alcohol and/or drug addiction. Housing without the ability to address these deep-rooted issues will only have short term success in the most cases.

Therefore, Rising Tide’s success will be directly related to the level of care and assistance we can provide through our support teams to the tenants in working with them to remain housed.