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New funding lets City of Ottawa shore up homelessness shortfall
City has been lobbying province since getting just $840K in funding top-up
The City of Ottawa has learned it will receive more than $24 million in provincial funding for an Ottawa Community Housing project, helping staff fill a surprise shortfall in its budget for tackling homelessness.
The mayor and city council expressed dismay last month after learning Ottawa would receive only $845,100 of the $190.5 million in new money for homelessness under the Homelessness Prevention Program — a paltry 0.4 per cent increase that's far below money given to other municipalities, especially in northeastern Ontario.
It was also far less than city staff had expected.
More than a month later, after the mayor had several talks with Ontario Premier Doug Ford and other provincial officials, a solution: a contribution for an Ottawa Community Housing project at Wateridge Village that the City of Ottawa had pledged to spend millions on.
"Normally we would get somewhere in the range of $16 to 18 million and this is more than that, so I think it shows commitment on the part of the province," Sutcliffe told CBC.
"We're grateful for the fact that they found a solution and that we have some more resources now that we can put to good use in addressing homelessness in our community."
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