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Subsidy cap raises concerns about vulnerable
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socialservicescostswillriseanywayifmore people requiring assistance are forced to fend for themselves. The burden will only increase because of the aging population, the groupwarns.
Subsidies, which in the past were automaticallypaidtoeligibleapplicants,vary according to the individuals’ incomes. Residence association president Nicole Normand had held out hope up to the last
minute that counties council would reconsider the limit. Althoughdisappointedbythemove,she saidthattheassociationwouldcontinueits lobbyingefforts.
L’ORIGNAL | Prescott-Russell county officials will continue to press Toronto for more funds after imposing a cap on the number of subsidized housing programbeneficiaries. In setting the threshold at 500, united counties council members also agreed to create a working group with hostel owners to lobby for an increase in provincial governmentallocations,saidWardenJean- YvesLalonde. EffectiveJanuary1,2012,themeasure“will notaffectinanywaythecurrentbeneficiaries since the departures will not be replaced until the threshold of 500 beneficiaries is reached by attrition,” say the counties. However, members of the Prescott- Russell Residence Association, which representstheownersof30homesforseniors and the handicapped, fear that many vulnerable people will be deprived of the properaccommodations. Inthenewyear,allnewapplicantswillbe kept in a centralized waiting list and processedinchronologicalorder. ”The intention is not to abolish the programsinceitaddressesacriticalneedfor thecountiesbuttofollowthebudgetswhile continuing to meet the needs of beneficiaries,”saidAnneComtoisLalonde, administrator of the UCPR Social Services Department. Thedecisionwasmadewhenshenotified council that the counties would face a $50,000 shortfall in 2012. The Ontario Ministry of Social and Community Services (MSCS) covers 80 per cent of the $3.5 million program, with the regionalgovernmentcoveringthebalance. The per diem rate of the provincial allowance has remained fixed since December2009at$47.75fortheUCPR.But the number of applicants for the counties’ subsidized housing programhas increased from a monthly average of 444 in March, 2007tothe512peoplenowreceivingbenefits. The ministry has given no sign of any plans to increase the per diemallowance. The residence association cautions that Together We will end MS.
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