Ontario sets 10-year deadline to end homelessness
Ontario is giving itself 10 years to end chronic homelessness, as recommended by an expert advisory panel.
“For far too long we have not challenged ourselves, as we should, to solve this problem. We have accepted it,” Deputy Premier Deb Matthews said Wednesday. “Well, we are no longer going to turn a blind eye.”
The panel, appointed in January as part of Ontario’s second five-year poverty reduction strategy, was established to define homelessness and determine how to measure it; set a target to end it; and help implement “best practices” across the province.
The government is also adopting the panel’s recommendation to focus on four key areas, including youth homelessness, aboriginal homelessness, chronic homelessness and homelessness following transitions from provincial institutions such as jails, hospitals, shelters, group and foster homes.
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Ontario is giving itself 10 years to end chronic homelessness, as recommended by an expert advisory panel.
“For far too long we have not challenged ourselves, as we should, to solve this problem. We have accepted it,” Deputy Premier Deb Matthews said Wednesday. “Well, we are no longer going to turn a blind eye.”
The panel, appointed in January as part of Ontario’s second five-year poverty reduction strategy, was established to define homelessness and determine how to measure it; set a target to end it; and help implement “best practices” across the province.
The government is also adopting the panel’s recommendation to focus on four key areas, including youth homelessness, aboriginal homelessness, chronic homelessness and homelessness following transitions from provincial institutions such as jails, hospitals, shelters, group and foster homes.
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