Homelessness Initiatives Summary

Case Study: City of Ottawa Funding

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Ottawa Case Study Findings

HPS Funding for Housing First: Ottawa

Conclusions

Recommendation

Homelessness Partnering Strategy: Ottawa

Motivation

Project Focus

Supports in Social Housing (SSH)

$1.1 million

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Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS)

Community Funding Programs (CFP)

$5.1 million

Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative (CHPI)

$38.6 million

Ottawa’s 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan aims to achieve the following outcomes by 2024:

Local Poverty Reduction Fund (LPRF)

$0.52 million

$7.04 million

Housing and Homelessness Investment Plan (HHIP)

$9.25 million

Investment in Affordable Housing (IAH)

$20.8 million

Local Poverty Reduction Fund

$50 million/6 years

Investment in Affordable Housing (IAH)

$1.9 billion/8 years

Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS)

$2.1 billion/11 years

Residential Services (RS)

$0.3 million

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2016-2017:

Federal Funding via Employment and Social Development Canada

2016-2017:

To determine whether or not the current funding structure is producing the desired results

Key aspects

• Funding structure
• Reporting requirements
• Outcomes

For the soon to be released National Housing Strategy to be successful, the federal government must ensure that funding is tied to the desired outcomes, taking into account demographic, geographic, and other confounding factors

Funding for Housing First under the HPS is not tied to outcomes

• Outcomes are worse than for other local service providers, particularly for Aboriginal and Inuit adults
• Instead, funding is determined on the basis of past funding

CHPI, IAH, and other homelessness funding streams are also not tied to outcomes

• Three levels of government
• Data do not appear to be collected in a way that allows them to be used across programs and jurisdictions

• Funding is not tied to outcomes

• Best practices are not shared

Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative (CHPI)

$293.7 million

Homelessness Initiatives:

Summary Findings of Funding, Reporting and Outcomes

• No one is unsheltered
• Chronic homelessness is eliminated
• Emergency shelter stays are less than 30 days
• Emergency shelters provide an adequate level of service

$4.11 million

Total: Ottawa

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$7.04 million

Housing and Homeless Investment Plan

$9.25 million

CHPI: $38.6 million

IAH: $20.8 million

HHIP: $9.25 million

HPS: $7.04 million

CFP: $5.1 million

SSH: $1.1 million

LPRF: $0.5 million

RS: $0.3 million

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= $82.69 million

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City of Ottawa

Housing First Activities Funding