Refugee Shelters: Funding Proposal and Community Development

refugee shelters: Between 2016 and September of this year, the number of refugees staying in city shelters on a daily average shot up from 456 to 1,271, according to Toronto Star. This sent existing refugee shelters into full capacity and forced the city to rent an additional 275 rooms with about 900 beds, according to the report. According to a staff report heading to the city's community development and recreation committee next week, the Shelter, Support, and Housing Administration SSHA is projecting that by the end of the year they will have overspent 10.33 million on motel and hotel contracts for the housing of refugee claimants. Staff are recommending that council approve a 19-million funding proposal to prolong the response until the end of next year. Staff believe the current spike in refugee claimants will continue into 2018, Patricia Anderson, manager of partnership development and support at SSHA, told Metro in an email. City council will vote on the proposal at its November meeting. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.