I got this from Food Banks Canada:
How your support has made a difference!
Food banks around the country tell us that the cost of housing is the
number one reason why people are forced to seek help from a food bank to
feed themselves and their families. Quite simply, too many people each
month in Canada have to make the difficult decision between choosing to
pay their rent or buy food.
To address this issue, Food Banks Canada has worked over the last year to identify key housing programs that are in place to help those struggling to make ends meet. Two of these programs: the Affordable Housing Framework and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy, were scheduled to have their funding end in 2014.
Food Banks Canada highlighted these two housing initiatives in our HungerCount 2012 policy recommendations and made affordable housing a focus of our advocacy efforts in Ottawa. We are delighted to announce that an additional five years of funding for these two key housing programs was confirmed in the recent Federal Budget.
This commitment demonstrates that the government will maintain its $253 million a year investment in the Affordable Housing Framework as well as committing $119 million a year through the Homelessness Partnering Strategy to support a ‘Housing First’ approach, in addition to $100 million over the next two years to assist northern communities by building 250 new housing units in Nunavut.
These commitments, made ahead of their due-date of 2014, are important steps to ensure housing stability for Canadians.
Food Banks Canada, through its direct lobby efforts, is proud to have had an impact on the federal government’s decision to extend funding for housing initiatives. We will continue to work closely with the government to ensure that more Canadians have access to affordable housing, with the goal of reducing the need for food banks.
This accomplishment would not have been possible without your support – Thank you!
To address this issue, Food Banks Canada has worked over the last year to identify key housing programs that are in place to help those struggling to make ends meet. Two of these programs: the Affordable Housing Framework and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy, were scheduled to have their funding end in 2014.
Food Banks Canada highlighted these two housing initiatives in our HungerCount 2012 policy recommendations and made affordable housing a focus of our advocacy efforts in Ottawa. We are delighted to announce that an additional five years of funding for these two key housing programs was confirmed in the recent Federal Budget.
This commitment demonstrates that the government will maintain its $253 million a year investment in the Affordable Housing Framework as well as committing $119 million a year through the Homelessness Partnering Strategy to support a ‘Housing First’ approach, in addition to $100 million over the next two years to assist northern communities by building 250 new housing units in Nunavut.
These commitments, made ahead of their due-date of 2014, are important steps to ensure housing stability for Canadians.
Food Banks Canada, through its direct lobby efforts, is proud to have had an impact on the federal government’s decision to extend funding for housing initiatives. We will continue to work closely with the government to ensure that more Canadians have access to affordable housing, with the goal of reducing the need for food banks.
This accomplishment would not have been possible without your support – Thank you!
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