The Ontario government is providing municipalities and Indigenous community partners with over $241 million to help protect the province’s most vulnerable from COVID-19, including those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
On Tuesday, Monte McNaughton, MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, announced that the City of London will receive $6,267,165 and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent will receive $761,289. Funding going towards overflow motel and hotel rooms, food security, cleaning, staff, case management support, rent relief and emergency shelter support.
Also on Tuesday, McNaughton and Bob Bailey, MPP for Sarnia-Lambton, announced that the County of Lambton will receive $1,213,070 to help support renovations for The Haven Youth Shelter in Sarnia, rent relief, the expansion of short-term rent supplements and emergency shelter solutions. The provincial funding is part of the government’s $510 million investment to help protect the health and safety of the province’s most vulnerable people.
