Indigenous Housing Announcement

The government announced an increase in homelessness prevention supports for Indigenous people across the province.

This is part of Ontario’s historic $202 million increase in homelessness prevention funding through the 2023 Budget, for a total of $695 million annually. Of this total, approximately $41.5 million is being distributed through the ISHP: $10.4 million through Miziwe Biik Development Corporation and $31.1 million through Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS). The remaining $653.9 million is being distributed to service managers across the province through the Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP). 

News Release; https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003054/ontario-increasing-homelessness-prevention-support-for-indigenous-people