Ottawa will receive just 0.4 per cent of new provincial funding for homelessness and supportive housing programs, destined for municipalities around Ontario.
The backgroundIn 2022, Ontario consolidated three separate funding streams into a single new one, called the Homelessness Prevention Program. Ottawa’s allocation in that first year rose $1.5 million from the previous level of l $47.6 million.
Staff write in their report to council that other cities are getting bigger bumps, on both a per-capita basis and when calculated as a percentage of existing funding. Victoria Podbielski, a spokesperson for Municipal Affairs and the housing minister, told this newspaper via email Tuesday that the updated formula “is based on a community’s share of homelessness, supportive housing units, low-income households, households in deep core housing need , and Indigenous and youth populations.”Article content
City staff, meanwhile, say they are “not aware of any consultation process that would have occurred across the province.” Traditionally, the city’s position has been to provide an emergency shelter option to anyone who found themselves without a roof over their heads. Staff, in their report, draw a direct link between the current money available from the province, and the city’s ability to deliver on the goals on its 10-year housing and homelessness plan, which is based on funding from all three levels of government.
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