[homeles_ot-l] Federal 2009 Pre-Budget Consultations ATEH Brief

[Lynne Browne]

Please Circulate

 

When the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance 2009 Pre-Budget
Consultation asked what Canadian programs and stimulus measures are needed,
the Alliance to End Homelessness responded - 

 

Take actions to keep people housed!   That's because we envision an
inclusive community that ensures everyone has an appropriate home and
federal measures to ensure prosperity and a sustainable economic, social and
environmental future have an essential role in making that vision a reality.

 

The attached is the required short document with a 1 page Executive Summary
followed by the 4 page submission. In brief, ATEH recommendations are:

 

Alliance to End Homelessness Program Recommendation - 

 

That the 2009 budget include federal action to put in place a new National
Housing Strategy that enshrines housing as a human right for everyone. The
strategy should include a re-vamped role for CMHC and a re-investment of
federal social housing surpluses as operating agreements expire.  The new
strategy should also include: increased and ongoing funding of the federal
homelessness and housing programs to enable communities to quickly help
people when they are homeless and to provide the assistance some households
need to stay housed, whether ongoing supports are involved or not; and
improvements in the access to and the benefit rates of national income
support programs (Employment Insurance, Canadian Pension Plan, Old Age
Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement) for people on low incomes.

 

Changes and more effective Guidelines for Stimulus Measures - 

 

Benefits of federal stimulus measures should be fair and equal across all
communities in Canada. Broader target populations for affordable housing are
needed to meet the needs of homeless families, youth, adult women and adult
men and those living on very low incomes and at risk of becoming homeless.
Most importantly, adequate resources and realistic turn-around times are
required to recognize the strengths and challenges faced by non profits at
the forefront of increasing affordable housing and addressing homelessness. 

 

 

 

 

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)

147 Besserer St., 2nd Floor, Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7

613-241-7913, ext. 205

 <http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/> www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca

 

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