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The newest program at the Oxford County Community Health Centre is focused on providing housing stability for some of the region’s most vulnerable.
Allison Leger, a member of the centre’s housing stability team, said the its Housing Stability Outreach program works with Oxford County residents who are either homeless – sheltered or unsheltered – or at risk of being homeless.
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Outreach workers advocate with landlords, act as a resource for landlord-tenant issues, help find appropriate and safe housing, and walk people through the process of finding and securing housing.
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The newest program at the Oxford County Community Health Centre is focused on providing housing stability for some of the region’s most vulnerable.
Allison Leger, a member of the centre’s housing stability team, said the its Housing Stability Outreach program works with Oxford County residents who are either homeless – sheltered or unsheltered – or at risk of being homeless.
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Outreach workers advocate with landlords, act as a resource for landlord-tenant issues, help find appropriate and safe housing, and walk people through the process of finding and securing housing.
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Homeless people in the Stratford area who struggle with mental-health and addiction issues may soon have the support they need to remain in permanent, affordable housing.
During Monday’s council meeting, city councillors gave the go-ahead to the city’s social services department to submit a proposal to the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation to potentially secure funding through the Rapid Housing Initiative – a new federal program aimed at accelerating the construction of 3,000 affordable housing units across the country for vulnerable people – for the development of an alternative housing pilot project.
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South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Janice Jackson elected as Bruce County Warden
Bruce County Council elected Janice Jackson, Mayor of South Bruce Peninsula, as Bruce County’s Warden for the 2021 term. This is Mayor Janice Jackson’s first term as County Warden. Jackson was elected to municipal council in South Bruce Peninsula in 2010 and was then elected as Mayor in 2014 and 2018. The position of Warden is achieved through a vote of peers on County Council, which is comprised of eight locally elected municipal leaders who manage the affairs of our shared community and resources. The Warden chairs Council meetings, represents Bruce County at official functions, acts as an official spokesperson, and much more. Mayor Janice Jackson is Bruce County’s second female warden. Tessie Greig from Lion’s Head was elected as Bruce County’s first female warden in 1965.