<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>Progress Report
Updates</b></p>

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Since 2005, the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa has produced an <a href="https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/progress-report" style="color:blue">annual Progress
Report on Ending Homelessness in Ottawa</a> to assess our community’s progress
by comparing annual change in a number of areas.</p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">In 2018, the
City of Ottawa began an annual reporting process to monitor progress in
delivering the 2014-2024 Plan on Housing and Homelessness. The Alliance will be
providing review and commentary on the progress as documented by the City
through the release of four Progress Report updates in 2019/2020.</p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The first
Progress Report Update, <a href="https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/s/Increasing-the-supply-EN.pdf" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(230,25,25)">Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing</span></a>
was released in November 2019. <b>We are
pleased to share the second Progress Report Update, <a href="https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/s/Stopping-the-loss-of-affordable-housing.pdf" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(230,25,25)">Stopping the Loss of Affordable Housing</span></a> today.
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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Stay tuned for
the third Progress Report Update, Optimizing the Homeless Serving System in
February followed by the fourth update, Preventing the Growth in Homelessness
in March. </p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/progress-report" style="color:blue">Please visit our
website to access French versions of the reports</a>.</p>

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campaign</b></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="color:windowtext">The
Alliance has developed a mini public engagement campaign that we hope you can
support! Please follow us on Twitter (@ATEH_OTT) and Facebook (@endhomelessnessottawa)
to share our graphics and engage with us.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> <a href="https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/housing-emergency" style="color:blue">You can also
access the social media graphics on our website to share on your own social
media platforms.</a> </span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>Housing Emergency
Petition and Rally</b></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The first call
to action for our mini campaign was a final push to sign Councillor McKenney's <a href="https://www.housingemergencyottawa.ca/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Housing Emergency
petition</a> and to <a href="https://www.housingemergencyottawa.ca/rally_to_declare_a_housing_emergency" target="_blank" style="color:blue">attend the rally</a> <b>TOMORROW
at 9am at City Hall</b> in advance of the Council vote on the Housing Emergency
motion. See you there!</p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br></p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><b>Emilie Hayes</b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><b>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa</b></span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">171 George Street, Ottawa ON K1N 5W5</span><br><div><a href="mailto:info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</a><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><br><br></span></div></div></div></div></div>