<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_ktit5v560" alt="Vote Housing Event FINAL.png" width="542" height="305"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/housing-on-the-ballot-think-local-vote-federal-tickets-171202189357">RSVP for Thursday's event!</a></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Housing has risen to the top of the federal election campaign, as a concern for people across the country. The skyrocketing cost of housing has left hundreds of thousands of people without affordable options. Vote Housing, a national campaign launched by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, has provided a platform for what it means to actually vote for housing. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join us for a virtual conversation on September 6 at 7 p.m. about what it means to #VoteHousing in this election. Ottawa’s Housing and Homelessness Liaison Catherine McKenney will join Alliance Executive Director Kaite Burkholder Harris to discuss the impact federal housing policy has in our neighbourhoods. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Catherine and Kaite will talk about what the federal government’s role in housing actually is, what real affordability means, the solutions to the housing and homelessness crisis, and whether party platforms are addressing these concerns. </span></p><div><br><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="125"><col width="307"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,42,60);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:117px;height:104px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/GoMod9BFlJSMtIYXl6N8UHCSlJIYohoQsxUC8IpYvfmIrw4xnnwQr1zN-eHywE7ZvL4eeMym7kqTaMtAIMc7NFL1OeTy9OV3ZoX399RYN57DNk8kr1Eer9Yi952nqJ6ohicg4YnT" width="117" height="104" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,147,177);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,147,177);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,147,177);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">22 O’Meara St, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4N6</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,147,177);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,42,60);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>