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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoTitle><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;font-style:normal'>National Housing Day, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>November 22, 2012</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>People and </span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>communities across Canada</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> call </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>for the funding and implementation of a National Housing Strategy </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>so that each person can live in decent, secure and affordable housing. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities calls </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>for an array of federal tax incentives to increase investment in rental housing to create new construction jobs and give cash-strapped Canadians more affordable housing options. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Here in Ottawa, the Alliance to End Homelessness</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> asks MPs for a well-funded National Housing Strategy because </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7,299 people stayed in Ottawa emergency shelters for an average of 67 days in 2011 and 10,000 households were waiting for Ottawa social housing.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A National Housing Strategy must <b>ensure that federal and provincial governments to do more to assist local communities</b> in addressing affordable housing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Since 2004 the Alliance has honoured National Housing Day by holding its annual Community Forum on Homelessness. </span></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This year it will take place next week on the 29<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>LYNNE BROWNE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>171 George Street, </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ottawa ON K1N 5W5<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>613-241-1573, ext. 314<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="mailto:lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca"><span style='color:blue'>lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#17365D'>www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a></span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.facebook.com/home.php?%23!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall%26ref=ts" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall&ref=ts"><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Facebook</span></a><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'> & </span><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT" target="_blank" title="https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT"><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Twitter@endhomelessOTT</span></a><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>