<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span id="m_2549093527465005640gmail-docs-internal-guid-0ee325ec-7fff-2924-c758-b545110e3fad"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear Community Partners,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We wanted to share the fantastic news that yesterday, after seeing no increase in the affordable housing budget since 2014 - City Council DOUBLED the capital budget for affordable housing to $30 million dollars!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This is a victory for the sector and all of the incredible advocacy work that you support and are a part of. And it’s a signal that our messages are getting through to Council - they are taking the housing and homelessness crisis seriously, and they are taking action. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Let’s continue to push for more action together,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Onward.</span></p></span><font color="#888888"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><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;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-weight:400">PO Box 22021, Ottawa, ON K1V 0W2</span><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><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>