[homeles_ot-l] FW: Ottawa Rent Bank Program

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . . with thanks to Dominique Paris-MacKay
Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)

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

613-241-7913, ext. 205

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

Ottawa City Council gives green light to Rent Bank

Council has authorized the Community and Social Services Department to
receive annual provincial funding to permanently operate the Rent Bank
Program – which provides grants to low-income tenants who are at risk of
losing their housing due to rental arrears. Since 2004 to 2005, the Ontario
government provided periodic funding to the City for the program.   

The Community and Social Services Department has an agreement with the
Salvation Army to administer the grants  – in compliance with Ontario
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) requirements. The City will
receive $368,402 annually to operate this program.

The Rent Bank is part of the Province’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. The goal
is to prevent homelessness, which is disruptive to families and individuals
and costly to the provincial and municipal governments.

  

Dominique Paris-MacKay

Anti-Poverty Community Coordinator

Coordonnatrice communautaire à la lutte contre la pauvreté

 

Centre de ressources Overbrook-Forbes Community Resource Centre, 

120-225, rue Donald Street

Ottawa, ON KIK 1N1

Tel (613) 745-0073 # 145

Fax (613) 741-9292

Email: dominique.pmackay at ofcrc.org

 

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