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z rr at f -w- 1 f r j- 1 x from page 1 j announced last week will be incorporat ed in the regionsmultifaceted plan to address the needs of yorks homeless and institute measures to prevent more people from finding themselves without suitable housing the regions community plan on homelessness was drawn up after con sultation aniohg government social agencies aridbusiness representatives the goal was to create a coordinated approach to a problem that makes the best use of funding available from regional provincial and federal sources yorks commissioner of social services joann simmons said while yorks homeless population is not as in your face as those in major urban centres they areout there living in a variety of circumstances through out the region simmons said an informal census of the homeless carried out by frontline workers a cou ple of years ago arrived at an estimate of 500 people without homes roughly halfofthemyouth she said that at that time was considered a conservative estimate simmons said its always a moving target and its always a conservative estimate because by their- very nature the homeless are not at an address v- the strategy will see regional provin cial and federal money spent on capital projects suchasprdviding more emer- gency shelteranil hostel spaces as well as programs and services for the home- less simmons said attention willbe paid to factors that contribute to homelessness such as an inadequate supplyof affordable hous- ing she said- i the federal funding announced last week part of ottawas supporting communities partnership initiative will augment themoney invested by the region to address needs of the homeless and those in jeopardy of losing- their homes york has been moving the issue- to the tojfpf its agenda simmons said i theregidhlias matched provincial funding of 300000 this year and coun cil is moving on the issue of affordable ifs always a moving target and ifs always a conservative estimate because by their very nature the homeless are not at an address housing attempting to form partner ships with the private sector a forum on the issue was held in newmarket earlier this month the regions commitment to address- the issueis an encouraging development auerbach said adding that until recently mere was- a-reluc- tance to admit york region even had a homelessness problem i think what has happened over the past five or sixyears is mere has been a real shift in accepting that homeless ness is a problem she said f a number of factors contribute to the problem she said yorks population boom continues yet there are virtually no affordable housing or rental units avauableahd the social services system is scrambling to keep up with the demand as the gap between yorks rich and poor widens joann simmons york regions homeless are not in your face social services commissioner says its kids stuff 905771251 this message brought to you as a community servicefof economist suntribune arrive alive please dont drink and 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