I'm so very pleased to do so.
Reaching Home has invested about $1.16 billion since 2019 to support about 3,500 projects across the country, and it has helped more than 40,000 people achieve more stable housing in just the last two years. It invests about $700 million per year through a network of municipal not-for-profits across the country that are really the front line in working with homeless people to provide supportive and transitional housing. It's the key part of the Government of Canada's contribution to what is a national problem.
In keeping with my past comments, I want to underline the role played by provinces, municipalities and not-for-profits. Obviously, there is a lot of philanthropy that takes place to support this across the country, but it is our flagship.
In addition, we have a veteran homelessness initiative, which is in its second year now and showing very positive results. This committee and others along the way noted the significant challenges that our veterans were facing. This program was designed to specifically deal with them and to help meet their needs. We do that in close contact with the veterans department as well.
