Council votes
Decision

Rent Supplement Program Review

Carried 11 Sep 2023The vote
Topic: Housing Categories: Community Health & Wellbeing, Housing 1 recorded vote 11 Sep 2023

What it does

Purpose
To provide Council with a review of rent supplements provided in Nanaimo, including City funded initiatives, and to recommend expanding City contributions to rent supplement programs in Nanaimo.
Staff report, page 1
Staff recommendation
That Council direct $150,000 from the Online Accommodation Platform fund to be used to support rent supplement programs in Nanaimo, targeting key areas of housing need identified in the Housing Needs Report, as attached to the Governance and Priorities Committee Agenda dated 2023-JUN-12, and that the funds be distributed to service agencies through a Request for Proposal or Expression of Interest process.
Staff report, page 1

Votes

  1. 11 Sep 2023other
    Carried 8–0Absent 1

    That Council direct $150,000 from the Online Accommodation Platform fund to be used to support rent supplement programs in Nanaimo, targeting key areas of housing need identified in the “Housing Needs Report ”, as attached to the Governance and Priorities Committee Agenda dated 2023- JUN-12, and that the funds be distributed to service agencies through a Request for Proposal or Expression of Interest process.

    The voteMinutes, page 7City vote record

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