[homeles_ot-l] FW: Save Housing Supports for People on OW and ODSP!

Mon Jun 4 17:41:43 EDT 2012

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From: Yutaka Dirks (ACTO) [mailto:dirksy at lao.on.ca] 
Sent: June-04-12 4:34 PM
To: Yutaka Dirks (ACTO)
Subject: Save Housing Supports for People on OW and ODSP!

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Act Now to Save Housing Supports
for People on OW and ODSP!

The 2012 provincial budget has eliminated two critically important
programs for people on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support
Program.

The Community Start-up and Maintenance Benefit is being cut.

The Community Start-up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB) is important
because:

*	It is targeted to assist people on social assistance - people
who rely on OW or ODSP are among the most vulnerable in Ontario. 
*	It provides people with the direct assistance they need to
retain their housing and prevent homelessness - it can help them pay
their rent or utility arrears, or help them move to safer or more secure
housing. 
*	It is a mandatory benefit - people that are denied are able to
appeal the decision. This oversight ensures a measure of fairness for
Ontarians with low-income and protects them from arbitrary decisions. 

These critically important aspects of CSUMB will be lost in January
2013. That's when the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing will get
half of current CSUMB funds and give it to municipalities for local
housing and homelessness programs, which are meant to serve an even
larger pool of low-income people.

The other half will be taken out of social assistance altogether. CSUMB
will cease to exist as of January 2013.

And the Home Repairs Benefit is being cut.

The Home Repairs Benefit helps people on assistance pay for things like
emergency plumbing repairs, patching a leaky roof, or repairing damage
from fire or floods. Starting January 2013, this benefit will be taken
out of social assistance as well.

The only alternative for people on OW or ODSP who own their own homes
will be programs that provide loans for repairs - which people on OW and
ODSP cannot afford to repay.

This cut will disproportionately affect people on ODSP, as well as
people in rural, northern and First Nation communities.

Act now to save these programs!

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