{"id":875862,"date":"2025-10-06T23:13:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/mayor-pledges-to-end-youth-homelessness-in-ottawa-by-2030\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T23:13:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:13:46","slug":"mayor-pledges-to-end-youth-homelessness-in-ottawa-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/mayor-pledges-to-end-youth-homelessness-in-ottawa-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor pledges to end youth homelessness in Ottawa by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7560.ot_298741822.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=RCEfx_h0zHfZdNzQAtfInA, 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\nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7560.ot_298741822.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=944&#038;h=708&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=wArG0Q3m_4Ffmp8ngOaTSg 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7560.ot_298741822.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=472&#038;h=354&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=chj0_p7qqXeF1qXtjBxfTA, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7560.ot_298741822.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=944&#038;h=708&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=HLpZqYlafp5n2JqvwV8HzA 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7560.ot_298741822.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=EW1lP8bPUS7J2xMGQNwIxg, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7560.ot_298741822.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=pv6NwtErAIrtmIkkR3iSKw 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img alt=\"Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe held a press conference at the Ottawa City Hall to discuss actions that the City of Ottawa will take to battle homelessness.\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7560.ot_298741822.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=6Jv9MtASs4j_GC03YfsI2g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7560.ot_298741822.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=6Jv9MtASs4j_GC03YfsI2g,\n                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7560.ot_298741822.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;sig=Bw1TBV5uJagUpDlgUClO_Q 2x\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" height=\"750\" width=\"1000\"><\/picture><figcaption><span>Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe held a press conference at the Ottawa City Hall to discuss actions that the City of Ottawa will take to battle homelessness.<\/span> <span>Photo by Jean Levac<\/span> \/<span>Postmedia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has pledged to end youth homelessness in Ottawa by 2030 through a series of investments in prevention and diversion initiatives with details to be announced in the months to come.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-aqa=\"identity-sign-in\" data-async id=\"article-block\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ottawa Citizen\" height=\"37\" loading=\"lazy\" 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link\", \"anchor_text\": \"2026 budget\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/ottawa-city-council-budget-directions\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/ottawa-city-council-budget-directions\">2026 budget<\/a> commitments for new <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"investments\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/ottawa-police-budget\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/ottawa-police-budget\">investments<\/a> and measures to accelerate <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"progress\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/mayor-province-ottawa-misses-target-housing-funds\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/mayor-province-ottawa-misses-target-housing-funds\">progress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe was flanked by stakeholders as he made the announcement Sept. 16, including Kaite Burkholder-Harris, executive director of the Alliance to End Homelessness, Nina Gorka from the Youth Services Bureau, John Heckbert from Operation Come Home and Joan Riggs from the Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<div aria-labelledby=\"TheEveningCitizen7169162713605153121224143509913600\" data-account-id=\"b9d3df2fccd108b5eff3c44f573b2cd6\" data-aqa=\"widget-newsletter\" data-newsletter=\"single\" data-newsletter-component data-target-list=\"OC_Covid19_Newsletter\" data-widget=\"newsletter\">\n<p>By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fortunate in Ottawa that we have a number of very compassionate and effective organizations led by some really wonderful people who are responding to homelessness and supporting the most vulnerable in our city,\u201d Sutcliffe said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>The city has invested $82 million in affordable housing since 2022 and is on track to surpass $100 million during this council term, which is more than double the investment made during the previous term.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s budget included $30 million for social service agencies to address the root causes of poverty and homelessness.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"embed-image\"><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7540.ot_298741812.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=4znrOiWtJ6a4-dKFoRICxw, 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\nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7540.ot_298741812.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=H_np_RCxcbyxGUebC1Nx2A 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe held a press conference at the Ottawa City Hall to discuss actions that the City of Ottawa will take to battle homelessness.\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7540.ot_298741812.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;sig=5LLFu5dSXdt3L8dDo81XjQ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7540.ot_298741812.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;sig=5LLFu5dSXdt3L8dDo81XjQ,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/ottawacitizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0c7a7540.ot_298741812.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;sig=sP6fdiqSBOCsIUuL3aL1vw 2x\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"><\/picture><figcaption><span> Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe held a news conference at the Ottawa City Hall to discuss actions that the City of Ottawa will take to battle homelessness.<\/span> <span>Photo by Jean Levac<\/span> \/<span>Postmedia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnding youth homelessness is the first step toward ending all homelessness,\u201d Sutcliffe said, as statistics show almost 50 per cent of those who experience adult homelessness were first homeless before age 16.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reasons that lead young people to live on the streets are often complex. They may be escaping a difficult, potentially violent situation at home. They may feel they have no other choice to protect their safety than to live on the streets or at one of our local shelters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter the reason, it is our goal to make sure that any young person who ends up in a shelter has the immediate support and assistance they need to find a safe and stable home.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe said he would participate in the inaugural Race to End Homelessness, launched by the Alliance to End Homelessness, to raise awareness and funds for 75 local partner agencies. He is also supporting a University of Ottawa \u201chackathon\u201d to bring students together with experts and community partners to co-design solutions to youth homelessness.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p> Aedan Helmer<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/mayor-end-youth-homelessness-ottawa-2030\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe held a press conference at the Ottawa City Hall to discuss actions that the City of Ottawa will take to battle homelessness. 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