Barrie has halted proposed bylaw amendments that would have prevented the distribution of items to homeless people on public property.
The city passed a motion last month directing staff to investigate and take action on several plans aimed at addressing what it called the “chronic homeless situation” in Barrie.
Federal housing advocate Marie-Josee Houle had called on Barrie’s council and mayor to vote against those amendments, saying they would create new barriers for vulnerable homeless people. She recognized the motion also aimed to address the homelessness crisis by ordering council to appeal for funds from the provincial government to establish “cooling and warming centres as well as the provision of central food distribution away from public parks and other public spaces.
A spokesperson for Steve Clark, Ontario’s minister of municipal affairs and housing, said Wednesday that Simcoe County, which Barrie is a part of, received more than $21 million this fiscal year to tackle homelessness, up from the over $9.7 million it got last year.
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