Deferring $150,000 for Right to Heal transitional housing pending a report
General Committee makes recommendations; City Council makes the final decision.
This motion was defeated at General Committee, so it was not among the committee’s recommendations to Council.
Councillor Votes
Full Resolution Text
Be it resolved that the motion brought forward under New Business to provide $150,000 in municipal funding to Right to Heal for soft costs related to transitional housing be deferred; and, That staff be directed to report back on: 1. Whether this request qualifies under existing Social Services funding streams with the approved City budget; 2. Whether the proponent has applied, or is eligible to apply, for provincial funding programs, including but not limited to the Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub funding or other provincial housing and homelessness supports; 3. The appropriate process for evaluating third-party funding requests to ensure consistency, transparency, and fairness across all community organizations; and, 4. Any budgetary impacts or precedent-setting implications of approving funding outside of established funding mechanisms. And that no funds be allocated until Council has received and considered this report.