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Stratford to receive $542K for emergency shelter space, affordable housing

Provincial funding for the projects will flow through municipal service managers and Indigenous program administrators working in communities across the province
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NEWS RELEASE
GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO
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The Ontario government is providing up to $75.5 million to communities throughout the province to create more emergency shelter spaces and affordable housing units that will provide vulnerable Ontarians with appropriate short-term and long-term housing alternatives to encampments.

Funding for the projects will flow through municipal service managers and Indigenous program administrators working in communities across the province.

Service managers and program administrators who receive funding will be required to report back to the province on the number of people moved from encampments into new accommodations. They will also be required to submit spending plans to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for review and approval, to ensure the province's $700 million yearly investment in the Homelessness Prevention Program and Indigenous Supportive Housing Program is being used effectively and in line with the shared provincial and municipal goal of ending encampments by providing safe and stable housing for people at risk of homelessness.

The following chart highlights which local service managers and Indigenous program administrators have received funding:

Service Managers/Indigenous Program Administrators

Amount

Regional Municipality of Waterloo

$5,946,104

Regional Municipality of York

$5,392,607

Regional Municipality of Durham

$4,720,800

City of St. Thomas

$4,113,250

Thunder Bay District Social Services Administration Board

$3,974,187

Regional Municipality of Halton

$3,649,669

City of Hamilton

$3,430,270

City of Kingston

$3,362,749

Kenora District Social Services Administration Board

$3,261,465

City of Kawartha Lakes

$3,200,000

Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board

$3,194,127

Regional Municipality of Niagara

$3,143,700

County of Simcoe

$3,039,900

County of Lambton

$2,915,912

Regional Municipality of Peel

$2,884,000

City of Greater Sudbury

$2,666,600

County of Norfolk

$2,300,000

City of Toronto

$2,100,000

Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services

$1,928,108

County of Wellington

$1,324,009

Algoma District Social Services Administration Board

$1,216,978

County of Hastings

$937,500

City of Brantford

$865,398

City of Windsor

$742,000

County of Oxford

$702,500

District Municipality of Muskoka

$604,600

County of Lanark

$600,000

City of Stratford

$542,473

Miziwe Biik Development Corporation

$363,600

Sault Ste. Marie District Social Services Administration Board

$301,100

Municipality of Chatham-Kent

$282,800

County of Renfrew

$216,000

County of Grey

$182,000

County of Lennox and Addington

$109,200

Nipissing District Social Services Administration Board

$94,300

City of London

$75,000

County of Northumberland

$55,100

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