<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please find attached a poster for an affordable housing rally on Parliament Hill on November 20th.<br>
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It is being organized by the Closing the Housing Gap Campaign, the City of
Toronto's Affordable Housing Department, Toronto Community Housing, and the Federation of Metro Tenant's Associations.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">
According to the Campaign's website:<br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><i>"</i></div><i>Federal contributions to social housing are
declining across the country. In 2012, the City received approximately
$161.3 million from Ottawa. However, by 2017, that will decline by $33.4
million and reach zero by 2031.</i>
<p><i>Just to fill the $33.4-million gap alone would require raising property taxes by an estimated 1.4%.</i></p>
<p><i>We need a renewed federal/provincial partnership with adequate
funding to repair and create social housing. Funding that is available
for the long term — not just a few years at a time.</i></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><i></i></div><p></p>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Rob MacDonald,<br>
Advocate for Tenants<br><br></div><i>"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying <b>'I will try again tomorrow.'</b> "</i><br><br></div><div><div><div style="display:inline">
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<br> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/149829.Mary_Anne_Radmacher" target="_blank"></a>
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