This is a nine-year program. Originally it was set at $2.1 billion. It was topped up during COVID to deal with the pandemic and that crisis. The government since, in budget 2022, has continued to increase its support for the homeless community at that doubling level until the end of 2025-26.
It is over half a billion dollars a year to support communities across the country by bringing in a transformational program to support communities, knowing their population and what housing and support needs they have and being able to work with the community to support service and non-profit organizations and provincial and federal governments to provide those supports.
The government doubled its support for Reaching Home during the COVID time period and will extend it past the COVID time period.