The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health Estimates Ottawa’S Aboriginal Population to Be Between 35,000 and 40,000 People
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Alliance to End Homelessness REPORT CARD ON ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN OTTAWA JAN TO DEC 2012 Indicators of Ottawans have TARGET Homelessness We can’t (ATEH: ANNUAL) (ATEH) 2012 886 good GRADE do it NEW alone! reasons to boast AFFORDABLE 886 A UNITS Federal and Provincial New Affordable added - Newly created units 139 Governments slow down Housing given ‘A’ - Additional 747 an end to homelessness In 2012, the City of Ottawa and 1000 households helped with rent local non-profit service and housing The federal government is providers went above and beyond not increasing its contribution to affordable in their efforts to get homeless HOUSING IS F housing. The province people into housing. AFFORDABLE wards % of income needed moves too slowly on There were 139 new affordable to rent a bachelor apt. poverty reduction. units created in the community. An Communities and municipal 0f income - Minimum Wage 46% additional 747 households were for rent - Ontario Works 124% governments are left with too little support to end helped with rent, the majority 30% - Ontario Disability 70% through the city. Movement to Support Program homelessness. That is what lies behind the ‘F’ for housing affordability. More positive news HOMELESS 7,308 This is why homelessness INDIVIDUALS & C The number of homeless FAMILY for families continued to people was relatively MEMBERS worsen. Families required unchanged in 2012. The shelter for an average of 88 number of homeless single - Families 858 days, 6 days longer than in 2011. people may be stabilizing. Children 1,531 With sufficient support from the fewer people The number of single Adults 1,125 federal and provincial - Youth 381 women in emergency shelter 500 governments, the Alliance to End - Single Women 1,097 1097 was reduced as new housing Homelessness Ottawa calculates - Single Men 3,296 3,296 options became available. that this community could reduce There were noticeable the number of homeless people AVERAGE TIME IN decreases in the length of 68 to 2,000 in 10 years. SHELTER C stay for single men and (The 2,000 reflects emergencies (days) women. like fire, family breakdown, illness, etc. that displace some people New health dollars - Families 88 temporarily each year.) supported homeless youth days less - Youth 38 HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS with addictions and mental 3 - Single Women 49 FUNDING IN CITY OF OTTAWA health issues. - Single Men 59 $160.00 $140.00 $120.00 ATEH targets work together to make big changes happen $100.00 62% 63% 62% Municipal There is a cost to not doing anything more than at present. The $80.00 level of homelessness will get worse and the money being spent will $60.00 Provincial not achieve a lasting impact. Where could Ottawa be in 10 years? $40.00 18% 19% 21% Millions $20.00 2,000 people over a year stay in emergency shelter / Average stays 20% 18% 17% Federal of 30 days in emergency shelter 10,000 new units added the $- / 2010 2011 2012 affordable housing supply, only 4,000 households on the social 2012 SPENDING housing waiting list / Single Ottawans with a low income spend 30% FEDERAL $27.2 million of their income on rent and have sufficient funds to pay for other PROVINCIAL $33.7 million basic needs like food and transit. CITY OF OTTAWA $158.6 million 9-YEAR TRENDS – the numbers behind the grades – Pages 8 & 9 Download the full Report Card in English or French at www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca 2012 THE ALLIANCE TO END IN THE 2012 HOMELESSNESS OTTAWA REPORT CARD Recommendations (ATEH) Page Flowing from ATEH data As a non-profit, non-partisan 1. 2012 GRADES organization, ATEH produces its 2. ATEH Recommendations annual Report Card to track the 1. progress of the Ottawa community in 3. Federal Update Federal and provincial governments ending homelessness. 4. Province of Ontario actions need to increase their efforts to help this MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS OF ATEH 5. Province of Ontario policies community to build sufficient affordable Action-Logement / Action-Housing can do more Bruce House rental housing, and to improve low 6. City’s14M improves lives Canadian Mental Health Association – Ottawa of 2,000+ households incomes to the point where they can Centre 454 cover rent and other basics of life in a Centre 507 Drop-In 7. Changes for Ottawa’s Centre des services communautaires/Vanier vulnerable population person’s own community. Community Service Centre 8. Data on shelter user & 2. Centre for Research on Educational and Community length of stay: 2012 & 9- Services, University of Ottawa year trend Federal and provincial governments Centretown Community Health Centre need to act to make sure Ottawa’s City of Ottawa, Housing Services Branch 9. Data on affordable housing & affordability of housing: homeless families stay no more than 30 Community Legal Services Ottawa Centre Cooperative Housing Assoc. of Eastern Ontario 2012 & 9-year trend days in emergency shelter. Cornerstone Housing for Women/Le Pilier 10. At Home/Chez Soi Daybreak Non-Profit Shelter Research Housing Help Most of the factors that increase the risk of 11. SHARP-E research and John Howard Society of Ottawa homelessness are not within the purview of the Housing needs study Minwaashin Lodge/Oshki Kizis Healing Lodge municipality or the community, e.g. the lack of Montfort Renaissance Inc. 16. Featured on back page: affordable housing, the level of social supports, etc. Multifaith Housing Initiative Nepean Housing Corporation #raiseyourvoicecanada As a result, the municipal government and the Nepean, Rideau, Osgoode Community Resource Ctr non-profit sector are left to cope with the Operation Come Home situation by providing services to homeless Options Bytown Non-Profit Housing Corporation SPECIAL Ottawa Withdrawal Management Centre individuals and families, however many there are, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Section trying to keep people fed, housed and as healthy Organization Aboriginal Peoples and as possible. Ottawa Inner City Health Inc. Homelessness in Ottawa Ottawa Inner City Ministries Pages The two higher levels of government must make Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre the level of investment that would reduce the Ottawa Salus Corporation 12. Introduction Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre 13. Culturally appropriate level of homelessness (which would pay off in Royal Ottawa Health Care Group lower cost of services, improved economy) rather programs and services Sandy Hill Community Health Centre -Tungasuvvingat Inuit than leave it to the community to deal with the crisis. Shepherds of Good Hope Somerset West Community Health Centre 14. -Wabano Centre for South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre Aboriginal Health St. Joe’s Women’s Centre xReport Card Data Sources St. Luke's Lunch Club 15. Housing -Aboriginal Youth Non- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation The Ottawa Mission The Salvation Army Ottawa Booth Centre Profit Housing/Tewegan City of Ottawa The Well/La Source -Oshki Kizis Lodge Province of Ontario Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health -Gignul Non-Profit Social Housing Registry of Ottawa Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre Housing Statistics Canada YMCA-YWCA, National Capital Region -Minwaashin Lodge Supportive Housing Network of Ottawa Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa ATEH Awards at 2012 AGM Left to right: Connie Woloschuk, Honourary Board Member; Terrie ATEH campaign to Meehan, Lifetime bring our community Membership; Marion together to share Wright, 2011/12 Chair; stories of success Paddy Fuller, Lifetime and personal Membership; Tim Aubry, achievement in Honourary Board Member; fighting Lynne Browne, Executive homelessness. Director; and Dan Sabourin, 2012/13 Chair. 2 Visit www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca More information – Report Card PDFs in English & French Homelessness Partnering Strategy A federally-funded powerhouse in the Ottawa community HPS 426 HPS project contributions HPS has made a big difference in the Ottawa community’s efforts $67,565,436 million invested by HPS to assist homeless individuals in the Ottawa community 1999-2013 and families and those at risk of homelessness. The Homelessness Partnering Strategy in Ottawa has helped homeless and Regrettably, the annual amount of HPS at risk individuals and families since federal homelessness funding was funding for Canada over 2014-2019 announced in 1999. It is an essential component of Ottawa’s achievements. has been reduced by $16 million. Federal funds assisted Ottawa to deliver help to a cross-section of Ottawa’s Unfortunately too, the pace of most vulnerable residents, families and individuals with a low income, youth, building new affordable housing Aboriginal peoples, victims of violence, seniors, refugees and people with is too slow. physical or mental health disabilities. 7,308 individuals and family Developed new supportive housing members used shelters in Ottawa Enabled small and large renovations for homelessness services in 2012. Helped people find and stabilize in housing, and preventing housing loss Only 139 newly-built affordable Provided health, outreach and support services, and housing units. The other 747 of Coordinated services in Ottawa to reduce homelessness. the 886 were assistance with Capital project funds in Ottawa paying rents. over 1999-2013 meant The Ottawa community needs a 202 shelter/transitional units were constructed, and much greater federal investment in 225 permanent supportive housing units were constructed, including: creating new affordable housing. and Federal spending on housing and 12 shelter beds and 18 transitional units for the young men’s shelter