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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello all,<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><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa applauds </span></b><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Canada’s Big City Mayors’ Caucus (BCMC) of the Federal of Canadian Municipalities and especially Ottawa’s own Mayor Jim Watson for their focus on housing affordability and availability at the federation’s May 30<sup>th</sup>–June 3<sup>rd</sup> conference. </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>T</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>he Alliance itself calls on the Province of Ontario to </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>create a growth program linking jobs with building new affordable rental housing in addition to its participation in the federal/provincial/territorial program, <i>Investment in Affordable Housing (see the </i></span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/"> 2012 ATEH report card</a>).</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> The Alliance also </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>continues to call for a comprehensive National Housing Strategy and a much greater federal investment in creating new affordable housing and in the Homelessness Partnering Strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:17.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The BCMC is calling for a new housing partnership by all orders of government dedicated to:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Eliminating chronic homelessness through proven strategies <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Stimulating new rental and affordable housing construction with tax incentives or other measures <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Preserving and renovating existing social housing units <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Housing workers to support a growing economy<o:p></o:p></span></i></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"'>Visit Mayor Watson’s website to read the full statement <a href="http://www.jimwatsonottawa.ca/en/news/fcm-mayors-canada%E2%80%99s-biggest-cities-calling-government-partners-address-growing-housing-crisis">the Big City Mayors statement May 30, 2013</a></span><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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>LYNNE BROWNE<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>171 George Street, </span></i><i><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></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><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></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><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:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><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></i></b><b><i><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></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a 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