Ottawa Homelessness

• City of Ottawa in talks with province on getting “fair share” of homelessness funding

  The City of Ottawa and the province are in talks after Ontario decided to give the nation's capital less than $1 million in new money for homelessness.

  Canada

  May 11, 2023
  
• Ottawa turns to temporary shelters as city searches for permanent housing solutions

  Ottawa is turning to its pandemic-era temporary shelters to house vulnerable people while the city comes up with a long-term plan to find permanent homes. 

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2023
  
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• Federal funds to create 109 affordable housing units in Ottawa; councillors push for more in budget

  Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney will push for more affordable housing funding this week at council as the federal government allots $31.9 million in funding to Ottawa.

  Politics

  Dec 8, 2020
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• Manor Village residents rally against potential Ottawa LRT ‘demoviction’

  Manor Park residents are facing potential 'demoviction' as a result of a proposed route for Stage 3 LRT to Barrhaven.

  Oct 30, 2020
• Advocates push Ottawa to buy hotels as housing for city’s homeless during coronavirus pandemic

  A new campaign is pushing the City of Ottawa to buy hotels to house the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.

  Health

  Apr 29, 2020
• Ottawa city council declares housing, homelessness emergency

  "We've been calling this a crisis for 15 years and nothing has changed," said Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney, council's liaison for housing and homelessness.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2020
• Ottawa doctor walks away from top hospital job, passes up retirement to continue work with homeless

  At 66, Turnbull could have retired a year ago, instead, as of January, he’ll walk away from a half a million dollar annual salary as the Ottawa Hospital’s chief of staff in order to spend more time taking care of the people that society has forgotten.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2017