Saskatoon, Regina get $8M from Ottawa to house homeless
Federal deals with 11 municipalities in Sask. and Ont. worth $91 million
The federal government has signed deals with two Saskatchewan cities and nine municipalities in Ontario to address homelessness.
The agreements are worth a combined $91 million over two years and are meant to support the municipalities' encampment response plans. Saskatoon and Regina are set to get a combined $8 million from that pot.
Those plans include creating new shelter spaces and increasing transitional housing options.
Toronto, Durham, Peel, York, Hamilton, Niagara, Waterloo, Ottawa and Sudbury in Ontario signed deals, as did Saskatoon and Regina.
Federal Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith said deals have also been reached with all other provinces and territories, with details to be announced in the coming weeks.
He said Ottawa couldn't sign provincial partnerships with Ontario and Saskatchewan because those provinces wouldn't match the federal government's contributions.