[homeles_ot-l] Release of Where's Home? 2008 Report

[Lynne Browne]

FYI… you might like to pick up today’s free Metro paper which covers this
story and includes an interview with Catherine Boucher at Centretown
Citizens Ottawa Corp.

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)

147 Besserer St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7

613-241-7913, ext. 205, Cell 613-513-6647

HYPERLINK "http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca"www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca


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From: nhhn-can-owner at povnet.org [mailto:nhhn-can-owner at povnet.org] On Behalf
Of Michael Shapcott
Sent: March 3, 2009 12:38 PM
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Subject: [nhhn-can] Release of Where's Home? 2008 Report

 

FYI. See below… Michael

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From: Harvey Cooper [mailto:HCooper at chfcanada.coop] 
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:48 AM
To: Michael Shapcott; 
Subject: Release of Where's Home? 2008 Report

Hello All,

As mentioned at our recent meeting, the Ontario Non-Profit Housing
Association (ONPHA) and ourselves publish jointly an annual Ontario housing
report known as Where’s Home?.

The study is being released today. Please find attached the report as well
as the Ontario-wide Media release 

This year’s version tracks a number of critical housing trends over the last
decade in Ontario, such as rental housing availability and affordability,
demand for rental housing as well as development of additional stock. The
report also profiles 22 municipal markets in the province. 

Some the general key findings in this year's report seem to confirm
observations of housing trends in Ontario such as:

*     Rents in the province are, for the most part, rising faster than
incomes.

*	Vacancy rates continue to tighten – having fallen in December 2008
to 2.7% province-wide. 

*     Rental units lost to demolition and conversion continues to exceed new
rental production – about 8,500 units lost over the last decade.

*     Rental production remains low relative to need – less than 3,000 units
were actually produced last year.

*	Growing gap in incomes of tenants and homeowners.

As we state in the study, affordable housing must be a foundation of any
systemic anti-poverty policies. Without secure housing, the ability to get
and hold a job, maintain a harmonious household, look after one’s health,
and succeed in an educational environment, are all jeopardized. 

All level of governments realize as we slide into one of the deepest
recessions of the last 50 years of the need to stimulate the economy.
Maintenance of our existing social housing stock and the production of new
affordable housing have  traditionally been excellent stimulus levers. Both
are proven to create jobs.  

We are hoping that with the Ontario Budget slated to be brought down on
March 26th, particularly given that there are Federal housing funds
available that require matching provincial contributions, housing will be
seen as an important stimulus tool by Queen’s Park. Anything that Where’s
Home? 2008 can do to spur on the McGuinty government in this direction can
only be helpful. 

Please feel free to contact me, or Sharad Kerur of ONPHA, further regarding
the report. 

All the best,

Harvey

Harvey Cooper

Manager of Government Relations

CHF Canada Ontario Region

(w)          1-800-268-2537 ext. 237 

(cell)       416-809-5048


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