Ottawa\u0027s Community Services Committee outlines spending plans for $48 million in provincial money earmarked for homelessness.
But Ottawa says it was shortchanged in a recent provincial announcement of an additional $202 million provincewide to boost spending on homelessness in the coming year. Ottawa received just $845,100 in additional funding for 2022-23, an increase of 1.8 per cent or just 0.4 per cent of the $202-million pie.Victoria Podbielski, press secretary for Minister of Municipal Affairs Steve Clark, said the $48 million Ottawa is getting is the second-highest amount of any municipality in the province.
There are about 2,000 people in Ottawa who are living on the streets and the city’s emergency shelters, which include hotels and motels, are at about 350 per cent capacity, Troster said. That cost is born solely by the municipality, she said. “We’re paying out of our own budget to house people in inadequate hotels and motels,” she said. “Those are really meant to be a temporary solution, but we’re finding families are staying longer and longer. Inflation is through the roof. The cost of food has never been more expensive.
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