Special Council Meeting - February 6, 2024

In a Special Council meeting on Tuesday, February 6, Regional Council approved an allocation plan for $10.2 million in additional funding this year as part of The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness.

Council prioritized the original Fee for Service Requests at $3.1 million at a 10 per cent reduction giving the Fee for Service recipients $2.79 million and allocating the remaining funding ($7.42 million) to the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness budget requests.

This will accelerate the work to end chronic homelessness in Waterloo Region. A full report on the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness will go to Regional Council in April with recommendations.

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Read the report (CSD-HOU-24-002)