…to have1,416,766 bednights (one woman, man or child in one bed for one night) during 2012 – an increase of 61,490 bednights from 2011 (that’s a 4.5% increase in one year). “The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?” said Scrooge. “Both very busy, sir.” Toronto police…
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TO housing wait list breaks another record as City Council considers big cut to affordable housing funding
…2013 municipal budget that makes deep cuts to housing and homelessness funding. Among the cuts being proposed is a 51% cut in funding for new affordable housing – down from$49 million in 2012 to $24 million in 2013. All the funding for new affordable housing in Toronto comes from federal…
Clarity and openness could create new possibilities in any municipal budget, what about Toronto?
In the December issue of Spacing magazine, John Lorinc laments Toronto’s wilted budget process and demands a restructuring of budget documents to better communicate and serve the city’s needs. Acknowledging budget mayhem as a systemic issue, Lorinc maintains that the city’s municipal budget documents continue to “obscure, rather than enhance,…
Five confirmed homeless deaths as Toronto Budget Committee debates cuts to housing and homelessness funding
As Toronto City Council’s Budget Committee begins public hearings today on the draft 2013 municipal budget (which includes cuts to housing and homelessness funding and services), street pastor Doug Johnson Hatlem reports that there are at least five confirmed deaths of homeless people over the past month. That’s the most…
Toronto’s 2013 budget: The Impact of Zero on City Services
City staff is recommending that Toronto City Councillors approve an operating budget that increases spending by less than 0.5 percent for the second year in a row. The Police Chief and Council have been debating the feasibility and impact of flatlining the police services budget. Whatever your view on police…
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More on Toronto budget 2013 housing and homelessness numbers
…its course. The investment has been used to fund necessary repairs to social housing, but a huge unfunded social housing repair bill remains both at TCHC and among other social housing providers. Toronto’s 2013 budget notes for housing and homelessness here. Toronto’s 2012 budget notes for housing and homelessness here….
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Time for Ontario to make some tough choices: poverty and inequality are not inevitable
…committed to raise the maximum benefit to $1,310 by July 2013 but delayed this commitment in its 2012 budget. Increasing the OCB was critical to the early success of the Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy. Reverting to the original scheduled increase is essential to build on this progress. 2) $100 increase…
Big cuts planned for Toronto housing funding
…in turn, a $130 million cut from its approved budget of $923 million in 2011. That adds up to a 16% cut in this year – 28 percent cut over two years (a loss of $258 million). Read our flip sheet on Building Better Budgets for Toronto – Housing. …
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Building Better Budgets #Housing #TOBudget 2013
The City of Toronto’s Shelter, Support and Housing is set to take a massive $128 million cut in housing and homelessness investments in the draft 2013 budget – down from $793 million in 2012 to $665 million in the coming year. The 2012 budget had, in turn, a $137 million…
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2013 Toronto Budget Continues Erosion Of Services
…and administration, and long term care homes and services also have proposed reductions. Other areas including Parks, Forestry and Recreation have proposed increases in spending. See details in table below. Councillors have choices in how they respond to the budget. They can allow city services to continue to…
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