There's real strength to the way the program is delivered. It is really important to underscore that. It focuses on community-led decision-making and engages the community advisory board structure. Often we find it's difficult to have a really consistent systems and coordinated approach when there's a lack of coordination, and the Reaching Home program really drives that. We have seen increases in the available funding through Reaching Home that have been really critical, and more to our point in Edmonton, we are seeing increases for the first time in homelessness since we began our work in the housing first program in 2009. We had had an overall reduction in homelessness, but are seeing it go up, which is going to make it difficult for to maintain our pace of housing and continue to see that decrease in that circumstance. That's going to require more resources, but there are really effective aspects of the program that I think need to be acknowledged.
On December 3rd, 2020. See this statement in context.