Seventh Report Card on Ending Homelessness in Ottawa, Jan - Dec 2010

POSITIVE IN 2010

- Thanks to housing, shelter and service providers and federal, provincial and municipal funding, some 334 new additional affordable units were added in 2010. 

These included:

  •  Beaver Barracks – 160 units in Phase I
  •  The Oaks – supportive housing for  55 people 
  •  The average stay of youth in shelters is close to the target adopted last year – 30 days

NEUTRAL IN 2010

- The Federal Government renewed its homelessness funding to 2014 but with no increase since 1999

NEGATIVE IN 2010

  •  No plans to increase amount of affordable housing in Ontario’s new Affordable  Housing Strategy
  •  No National Housing Strategy
  •  The average stay in shelters continues to rise - 72 days on average for families
  •  Housing affordability did not improve for OW and ODSP Recipients

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Publication Date: 
2011
Location: 
Ottawa, ON, Canada