A Toronto committee is recommending that City Council declare homelessness an emergency and prioritize 24-hour respite sites.
that reviewed the current procedures for the opening and operation of emergency warming centres.
They also include requesting an additional $5 million from the provincial and federal governments to ensure warming centres can keep going throughout the 2023-2024 winter season as well as $20 million from both levels through the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefits so that up to 2,000 households can exit the shelter system and move into permanent housing.
Ainslie called for homelessness to be declared an emergency, while Moise’s motion requested SSHA prioritize the opening and operation of 24-hour respite sites in an effort to bring “stability and reliability” for both staff and clients. And while this declaration may not hold any legal grounds as declaring a state of emergency is something that would typically be done by city council, he said it will serve to draw attention to this important issue.
“It’s a step in the right direction,” he said, adding it’s time that the city stop politely requesting more money to address homelessness from other levels of government and be more forceful and serious in declaring its demands so that it gets the response it desires. “We’ve asked repeatedly for the city to declare an emergency,” he said, adding repeated requests by the city to the province of federal and provincial governments for more funding have not resulted in the money needed to address homelessness.
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