1. Housing and Homelessness Plan for Northumberland County March, 2013

2. Housing and Homelessness Plan  County is Mandated by Province to Have a housing and Homelessness Plan in place by Jan. 1, 2014  Part of Ontario’s Long Term Affordable Housing Strategy  Vision: To improve Ontarian’s access to adequate, suitable and affordable housing and provide a solid foundation on which to secure employment, raise families and build strong communities

3. Provincial Objectives  To have people who are homeless obtain and keep their housing  To have people at risk of homelessness remain housed  Emphasis on a “Housing First” approach  Improve coordination between community services

4. HHP Context  Housing Services Act  Sets legislative and regulatory framework  Housing Policy Statement  Sets out provincial interest for local housing plans  Recent direction to municipalities to permit second suites  Housing and Homelessness Plans  Comprehensive 10 year plan developed locally

5. Northumberland County Housing and Homelessness Plan  Long term housing vision  Provide understanding of existing homelessness and housing continuum  Update demographic/needs analysis  Undertake consultation/engagement plan  Results in a Northumberland 10 year plan  Opportunity to determine County/local priorities and future directions

6. The Team  Tim Welch Consulting  Tim Welch – Project Team Manager  Greg Suttor Consulting  Main lead in housing needs analysis/co-lead in development of housing policy, program options and recommendations  Deb Ballak  Focus on homeless services during consultation process  Work on policy and program approaches

7. Building on Previous Work  2006 Community Matters: Northumberland United Way Community Consultation, Final Report  2008 Affordable Housing Need in Northumberland County  2009 Making a Difference to Poverty in Northumberland County  2011 and 2012 Northumberland Community and Social Services Business Plan  Official Plans of seven local municipalities  2011 Census data

8. Consultation and Engagement  Regularly attend County co-ordinators meeting  Present to each of seven area municipal councils in March  Key informant interviews  Community meetings to be held in multiple areas  first in late winter/early spring on community input on housing and homelessness needs  second in late spring/early summer on draft directions  Key informant interviews with existing support agencies and housing providers  Media advertisements  Information on County website – survey questions

9. Northumberland HHP: Process & Timelines  February/March/April:  Review/update housing supply and demand/housing and homelessness needs  March - May:  Key informant interviews & community input sessions  June - August:  draft directions at second round of community sessions, review with County representatives  Opportunity for online comment throughout consultation process  September: Produce report with recommendations  Fall: Council approval, review by MMAH  January 2014: Housing and Homelessness Plan in place

10. Questions and Comments? twelch@twcinc.ca Phone (519) 624-9271