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OTTAWA The Canada Child Benefit is running smoothly, says federal auditor general Karen Hogan, aside from a few administrative deficiencies that impact eligibility for the support. The auditor general also took note of a provision in the program that automatically awards the female provider in a household allocated payments.
The audit focused on whether the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) ensured that Canada Child Benefit (CCB) recipients were eligible for the benefit and that payments were made in a timely and accurate manner, and was part of Hogan’s 2021 spring reports tabled in Parliament on Thursday. Hogan found that the CRA was, for the most part, meeting its main objectives in the delivery of the CCB, but that at times, the agency was making payments based on outdated information.
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The federal government is investing in the new Red Lake New Starts of Women housing project.
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen has announced $4.2 million in funding for the 2-storey, 10-room transitional housing unit to support women and their children fleeing domestic violence.
The Kenora District Services Board is managing the development.
Hussen says gender-based violence continues to have devastating housing impacts on individuals, families and communities across the country and the government is taking the necessary steps to ensure the housing needs in Red Lake are met.
KDSB Chair Barry Baltessen says, “Community well-being, inclusion, and belonging begin with everyone having a safe and accessible place to call home.”
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Ottawa announces temporary rental assistance funding
The funding of up to $15 million will provide rental assistance to low-income households in existing affordable housing units By Julia Mastroianni
Samuel Engelking
New rental assistance funding of up to $15 million will be available for former federal social housing providers, according to an announcement made by Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen on Monday.
The funding, named Temporary Rental Assistance, will be available starting April 1, and will be offered until the end of March in 2022.
It will be offered as “exceptional one-time assistance” to co-operative and non-profit housing providers according to a press release from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).