Chow warns funding shortfall for asylum seekers equivalent to two per cent tax hike

New provincial cuts will compound Toronto’s shelter system crisis, warns Chow

The steep cut to the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit comes in addition to federal funding cuts to refugee housing, further straining the shelter system

Toronto mayor ups pressure on federal, provincial governments to pay for refugee housing

Mayor Olivia Chow says Toronto taxes may have to go up by "at least two per cent" if the federal and provincial governments refuse to reinstate funding for refugee housing that has left the city in a $107-million deficit.

Chow warns funding shortfall for asylum seekers equivalent to two per cent tax hike

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is warning that Toronto residents could see a bump in their taxes to account for shelter costs if the federal government doesn’t provide more cash for asylum seekers coming to the city.

Olivia Chow warns Toronto could once again see people sleeping on the sidewalk due to shelter funding cuts

The city is facing a shortage of funding from the federal and provincial governments for housing people in its homeless shelter system.

Toronto Could Face Higher Property Taxes As Feds Cut Refugee Support

Despite the fact that Toronto’s unhoused population has more than doubled since 2021, the City is set to receive a fraction of the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB) funding in its sixth year that it did in both its fourth- and fifth-year allocations. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow wrote in a letter that went to the Executive Committee on Monday that the Province allocated $38 million to Toronto from the COHB between April 2024 and March 2025, and…