Are 905 Cities Able to Deal with our Homeless?

<p>Support us at https://905er.ca</p><p>We bring to you our second part of our dive into the homelessness crisis in the 905.</p><p>In our previous episode we talked with Michelle Bilek of the Ontario Alliance to End Homelessness, to get the grassroots perspective of the issue.</p><p>This episode, we speak with two councillors of two of the largest cities in the 905 to find out what barriers our cities are facing to address the issue of affordable housing and homelessness head on. Joining us are Maureen Wilson, Hamilton Ward 2 Councillor and Joe Horneck, Mississauga Ward 6 Councillor.</p><p>They help us to better understand the limitations of what a municipal council can accomplish on this national file.</p><p>You can listen to our episode with Michelle Bilek of the Ontario Alliance to End Homelessness here:</p><p><a href="https://905er.ca/2023/08/the-summer-of-the-tent-is-a-failure-of-housing-policy/">https://905er.ca/2023/08/the-summer-of-the-tent-is-a-failure-of-housing-policy/</a></p><p>This Episode is brought to you by Graham Agnew of Dominion Lending</p><p><a href="https://grahamagnew.ca/">https://grahamagnew.ca/</a></p><p><strong>It takes money and time to this podcast. We love doing what we do, but please consider supporting us if you can so we can keep improving, and keep paying the bills.</strong></p><p><a href="https://905er.ca/membership-account/membership-levels/">You can become a monthly or yearly patron on our website at 905er.ca</a>. We didn’t like sharing your generosity with that other ‘patron’ website, so we created our own patron system. Become a patron, get member benefits and our eternal gratitude, and know that you’re not mainly funding some crummy web company in the US. Win win!</p><p>Or, why not <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/the905er">buy us a coffee</a>?</p><p>Nicholas Paul: sound editing.</p><p>The Quadrafonics: fantastic opening and closing tunes!</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/4723909">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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