MEDIA ADVISORY
Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa to Release
'Homelessness in Ottawa: A Roadmap for Change - Progress Report Review (2014-2017)'

The Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa will release its annual Progress Report assessing movement towards the City of Ottawa's commitment to ending chronic homelessness by 2024. This year's report takes a different approach. It tracks outcomes from the adoption of the City's 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan, to 2017. The report puts forward a concrete Roadmap for Change and call to action to deliver prevention based solutions that will make a significant impact towards ending chronic homelessness in our city.
What: Release and presentation of ‘Homelessness in Ottawa: A Roadmap for Change – Progress Report Review (2014-2017)’
When: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 7:45 – 8:45 am (presentations beginning by 8:00am)
Where: Councillor’s Lounge (2nd floor), Ottawa City Hall (110 Laurier Ave West)
Speakers: Deputy Mayor Mark Taylor, Special Liaison on Housing and Homelessness, Dr. Jeff Turnbull, Medical Director, Ottawa Inner City Health; Christine MacIntosh, Chair, Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa & Associate Executive Director, John Howard Society of Ottawa; Deirdre Freiheit, Vice-Chair, Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa & President & CEO, Shepherds of Good Hope; Kristen Holinsky, Executive Director, Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa