Mayor Olivia Chow again called on the federal government Monday for more funding to address the city's housing crisis, as she announced that applications have reopened for a program that aims to help find homes for people living in shelters or on the street.
Posted: Aug 21, 2023 12:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
At a news conference, Chow said the one-time top-up of funds will help 1,350 people find a place to live, including many recently arrived refugee claimants and asylum seekers. Annual COHB funding is usually split by the federal and provincial governments, with Ottawa covering two-thirds and the provinces one-third of the total cost. This fiscal year, Toronto exhausted it's annual allotment of those dollars by May, the city noted in a release that accompanied Chow's news conference.
Earlier this year, Chow and city council called on both the federal and provincial governments to contribute $20 million each to COHB, amounts that are justified given the size and scope of Toronto's housing crisis, Chow said.
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