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‘Solve the crisis’: Ontario mayors call for provincial and federal intervention on homelessness

According to data from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), 45 per cent of tenant households spend 30 per cent or more of their total income on shelter, which is the highest rate across the country.

Published Aug 8, 2024 at 9:40pm

Barbara Patrocinio
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Barbara Patrocinio
‘Solve the crisis’: Ontario mayors call for provincial and federal intervention on homelessness

Assocition of Municipalities of Ontario's President Colin Best, Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward and Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe in a press conference at Queen's Park's media studio this Thursday. (Screengrab photo)

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