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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:"Cambria","serif"'>Good afternoon, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Earlier today (June 15), the Alliance released the 2014 Progress Report on Ending Homelessness in Ottawa – summarizing the state of homelessness in Ottawa in 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Published since 2005, the Report provides an assessment of our community’s progress in ending homelessness by comparing annual change in a number of areas, including: the number of persons using emergency shelters, the average length of shelter stay, housing affordability and the number of new affordable housing options created. This year, reflecting emerging priorities, additional information has been added on the numbers of youth (16-25), older adults (50+) and individuals who are chronically or episodically homeless. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>This data is intended as a community resource; all are welcome to draw upon this data in our shared advocacy and public education with all governments and all sectors. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Key messages / highlights that emerge from the data are included in the Media Advisory below. You’ll find the Report (in English and French) attached, and at the following link:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a href="http://endhomelessnessottawa.ca/2014-progress-report/">http://endhomelessnessottawa.ca/2014-progress-report/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Please do share with your networks! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>@ATEH_Ott / #endhomelessness / #housing4all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Le texte français suivra.</span></i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Media Advisory – June 15, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Fewer persons accessing shelters – but longer periods of homelessness point to a missing key ingredient in solutions to homelessness: affordable housing. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The latest <i>Progress Report on Ending Homelessness</i>, summarizing the state of homelessness in Ottawa at the end of 2014, was released by the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa on Monday, June 15, 2015. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>As it has since 2005, the Report measures annual change in the number of persons using emergency shelters, the average length of shelter stay, housing affordability and the number of new affordable housing options created. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The 2014 Report shows a 2.6% reduction in the number of persons using an emergency shelter – from 6,695 in 2013 to 6,520 in 2014 - the second annual reduction since numbers peaked in 2012. Support for innovative community programs – many focused on prevention and rapid rehousing – are having results. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>However, longer periods of homelessness are a troubling trend – pointing to an acute shortage of affordable housing options in Ottawa. In 2014, the average length of stay in Ottawa’s shelters rose to 77 nights from a previous high of 73 in 2013. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>As Tim Simboli, Chair of the Alliance notes, “The year 2014 saw only 141 new affordable housing options created, in the form of newly created housing or housing subsidies. Over 10,200 households ended the year on the community’s wait list for subsidized housing. The numbers reflect a pressing need for governments, joined by all sectors, to prioritize the creation of affordable housing and related supports.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Reflecting emerging community priorities, this year’s Report also includes several new indicators. Specific information is included on the state of homelessness among young people, older adults and those who are chronically or episodically homeless. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The information is a call to action for the entire community. As Mike Bulthuis, Executive Director of the Alliance notes, “The City of Ottawa’s 10-year housing plan states our community’s clear goal: an end to long-term homelessness. Meaningful progress requires us all to do more. The ten-year plan is now. “<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Avis aux médias - le 15 juin 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Moins de personnes qui accèdent aux refuges – mais de plus longues périodes de sans-abrisme – dénotent un ingrédient clé manquant aux solutions à la lutte contre l’itinérance : <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>le logement abordable. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Le dernier <i>Rapport des progrès pour mettre un terme à l’itinérance</i>, qui résume l’état de l’itinérance à Ottawa à la fin de 2014, a été publié le lundi 15 juin 2015 par l’Alliance pour mettre un terme à l’itinérance d’Ottawa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Depuis 2005, le rapport mesure les changements annuels dans le nombre de personnes qui ont recours aux refuges d’urgence, la durée moyenne des séjours dans les refuges, l’abordabilité des logements et le nombre de nouvelles options de logement abordable qui ont été créées. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Le rapport de 2014 montre une réduction de 2,6 % du nombre de personnes qui ont recours aux refuges d’urgence – de 6 695 en 2013 à 6 520 en 2014 – la deuxième réduction annuelle depuis la montée en flèche du nombre en 2012. Le soutien aux programmes communautaires novateurs – bon nombre d’entre eux ont mis l’accent sur la prévention et le relogement rapide – donne des résultats. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Cependant, de plus longues périodes d’itinérance sont une tendance inquiétante qui mène à une pénurie de logements abordables à Ottawa. En 2014, la durée moyenne de séjour dans les refuges d’Ottawa a augmenté de 77 nuitées; en 2013, la durée maximale était de 73 nuitées. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Comme le précise Tim Simboli, président de l’Alliance, « en 2014, seulement 141 nouvelles options de logement abordable ont été créées sous la forme de nouveaux logements ou d’allocations-logement. Plus de 10 200 ménages étaient inscrits sur la liste d’attente pour un logement subventionné à la fin de l’année. Les chiffres reflètent un urgent besoin pour que le gouvernement, en collaboration avec les autres secteurs, priorise la création de logements abordables et des soutiens connexes. »<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Pour refléter les priorités communautaires émergentes, le rapport de cette année comporte bon nombre de nouveaux indicateurs. Il comprend notamment des renseignements spécifiques sur l’état de l’itinérance chez les jeunes, les adultes plus âgés et les personnes qui sont sans abri de manière chronique ou épisodique. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Les renseignements visent à inciter toute la collectivité à passer à l’action. Comme le souligne Mike Bulthuis, directeur général de l’Alliance, « Le plan décennal de logement de la Ville d’Ottawa stipule clairement l’objectif de notre collectivité : la fin de l’itinérance à long terme. Pour qu’il y ait des progrès significatifs, nous devons tous en faire plus. Le plan décennal, c’est maintenant. »<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Mike Bulthuis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#76923C;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#76923C;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>171 George Street, </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ottawa ON K1N 5W5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;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:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Cell: 613-222-9831<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>