Essex County Council recently advocated for affordable housing…
October 4th Essex Council Agenda- Correspondence from the County:
“County Council recognizes that, it has been twenty-two years since the funding formulas
for Ontario Works, Child Care and Social Housing were arbitrated and with respect to
Social Housing, it would be appropriate to review the existing funding agreement for
regional Social Housing costs and develop a new cost sharing agreement or addendum
to the existing agreement.”
THAT Essex County Council request Windsor City Council to support the
immediate commencement of discussions on the development of a
Regional Affordable Housing Strategy, including funding
responsibilities, and further;
THAT Essex County Council request Windsor City Council to support the
commencement of discussions on the review of the 1999 Social Housing
Cost Sharing arbitrated agreement, with a view to addressing cost
sharing provisions for new regional units and regional housing and
homelessness initiatives.
https://townofessex-pub.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=5751
I hope we can start to finally make some headway. It is great to see our County Government work to end the housing crisis.