[homeles_ot-l] All-candidates meetings Sept 22 & Sept 29

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . . 2 debates - please circulate. When you attend or if you help organize meetings, below are some ATEH questions you might ask.

 

1.    Thursday, September 22nd, Ottawa-Vanier, 19h à 21h /7 pm to 9 pm - Accueil à 18h30 / Greet at 6:30 pm

·         DÉBAT DES CANDIDATS/ CANDIDATES DEBATE (Poster attached). Lieu/Location: Centre communautaire Côte-de-sable/ Sandy Hill Community Centre,  250, Somerset est/Somerset East (613.564.1062), au coin de la rue Nelson près de l'Université d'Ottawa/Corner of Nelson St. close to Ottawa University. Contact: Barra Thiom : 613-744-2892 x 1059 ou/or bthiom at cscvanier.com 

 

2.    Thursday, September 29th , Ottawa West Nepean, 7-9 pm 

·         Meet & Greet - Location: Foster Farm Community Centre, 1065 Ramsay Crescent. On-site childcare will be provided.  Light refreshments will be served. Organized by  Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre; contact is Larisa Williams, (613) 820-4922 x 587, l.williams at pqchc.com <mailto:l.williams at pqchc.com> 

 

Questions the Alliance to End Homelessness asked candidates -

 

1.    Affordable Housing - Will you put significant funding for affordable housing in each provincial budget - enough to create 10,000 new units annually - to meet the needs of Ontarians?

 

2.    existing housing stock -  Will you fund the maintenance and repair of existing social housing stock?

 

3.    sustainable funding - Will you ensure that Ministries work together to develop long-term sustainable funding programs that include both housing and support dollars?

 

4.    Ontario housing benefit - Will you invest in an Ontario Housing Benefit to provide a monthly payment to low income tenants to help bridge the gap between rent and 30% of income?

 

5.    amend ontario's planning act (Inclusionary Housing) - Will you amend Ontario's Planning Act to give municipalities the authority to require the inclusion of housing at prices lower income households can afford in the development and redevelopment of land?

 

 

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness 

613-241-7913 ext. 205, lbrowne at ysb.on.ca <mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca> 

147 Besserer St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7

 

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