Canada is sending another $40 million in aid to organizations that are helping Palestinians in Gaza after pausing funding to the UN’s relief agency in the region.
Canada is sending another $40 million in aid to organizations that are helping Palestinians in Gaza after pausing funding to the UN’s relief agency in the region.
With 200K+ homeless, 40M would mean 200$ per person; that’s enough to maybe cover 2 weeks of rent, after which they will be homeless again unless they find a job to cover for it.
How much is enough then? Well, the 1.1B budgeted in 2021 and 500M for 2022-2023 is definitely an improvement, but it’s unclear what the impact is, in retrospective, as there have not been any reliable statistics on how many homeless there are, how they are receiving help, why they were homeless in the first place. It’s unclear what proportion of the money is used to create new housing, given directly to the homeless, provided to non-profit without string attached, or used in specific programs (food bank/stamp, rehab, mental health centers, etc.)
The best way to learn more about it is to directly be involved in volunteering opportunities to help the homeless, which is much more effective than complaining about wo the government should be caring about.
$200 for 2 weeks rent is fantasy.
Right, it’s more like 6 days of rent.