[homeles_ot-l] Help - Bad news this morning

[Lynne Browne]

Good morning everyone, 

 

Bad news today – (CEP News) Ottawa - Canada suffered its biggest
month-over-month job loss in more than a quarter century in November as
70,600 jobs disappeared from the economy, the majority of them in Ontario,
Statistics Canada reported Friday.

 

This is very bad news for our city and especially for people living at risk
of homelessness or those who were counting on a job to help them leave
homelessness. It is time for City Council to be fiscally responsible.

 

Please email Ottawa Councillors NOW. The list is below. 

 

Ask them not to defer their previous decisions when they deliberate on the
Budget today. 

 

Ask them to spend this $3.25 million: 

 

1.	Keep the $1,750,000. for the Tenant Resource Centre and housing
support workers in the 2009 Budget. This is money that will help keep
individuals and families housed in an economic downturn and help them avoid
becoming homeless.HYPERLINK \l "BM__edn1"[i] This is a fiscally responsible
budget item that recognizes people on low incomes will be facing severe
challenges in a recession. 
Likely Fallout: We consider that it is probable that 350 households (1%) of
the 35,000 Ottawa households living on annual incomes of $18 thousand or
less could become homeless because of bad economic times. 

 

2.      Keep the $1,000,000 to convert up to 100 existing subsidized social
housing units into targeted supportive housing for people with mental
illnesses and addictions in the Budget. In slightly less than 3 years this
one budget line covers off costs of keeping 100 chronically homeless people
in shelters.   

 

3.      Keep $500,000. for 3rd year of 10-year Community Funding
Sustainability plan in the Budget to assist the 107 health, recreation and
social service organizations who receive this money, among them the Day
Programs helping the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. 

 

Thank you for acting on this,

Lynne Browne

HYPERLINK "mailto:%0bLarry.OBrien at ottawa.ca"
Larry.OBrien at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Bob.Monette at ottawa.ca"
Bob.Monette at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Rainer.Bloess at ottawa.ca"
Rainer.Bloess at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Jan.Harder at ottawa.ca"
Jan.Harder at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Marianne.Wilkinson at ottawa.ca"
Marianne.Wilkinson at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Eli.El-Chantiry at ottawa.ca"
Eli.El-Chantiry at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Shad.Qadri at ottawa.ca"
Shad.Qadri at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Alex.Cullen at ottawa.ca"
Alex.Cullen at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:%0bRick.Chiarelli at ottawa.ca"
Rick.Chiarelli at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Gord.Hunter at ottawa.ca"
Gord.Hunter at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Diane.Deans at ottawa.ca"
Diane.Deans at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Michel.Bellemare at ottawa.ca"
Michel.Bellemare at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Georges.Bedard at ottawa.ca"
Georges.Bedard at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Jacques.Legendre at ottawa.ca"
Jacques.Legendre at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:diane.holmes at ottawa.ca"
Diane.Holmes at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Christine.Leadman at ottawa.ca"
Christine.Leadman at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:maria.mcrae at ottawa.ca"
Maria.Mcrae at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Clive.Doucet at ottawa.ca"
Clive.Doucet at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Peter.Hume at ottawa.ca"
Peter.Hume at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Rob.Jellett at ottawa.ca"
Rob.Jellett at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Doug.Thompson at ottawa.ca"
Doug.Thompson at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Glenn.Brooks at ottawa.ca"
Glenn.Brooks at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Steve.Desroches at ottawa.ca"
Steve.Desroches at ottawa.caHYPERLINK "mailto:Peggy.Feltmate at ottawa.ca"
Peggy.Feltmate at ottawa.ca

 

 

 

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)
147 Besserer Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7 
HYPERLINK "mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca"lbrowne at ysb.on.ca,  613-241-7913 ext 205

www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca  

 


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HYPERLINK \l "BM__ednref1"[i] In 2007, 864 households at imminent risk of
losing their housing were among the 9,567 households helped to remain housed
in Ottawa by 16 agencies provide on-site or community-based services with
City, Provincial and Federal funding. Fourth Report Card on Ending
Homelessness in Ottawa, Jan-Dec 2007, HYPERLINK
"http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/"http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/.

 


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