Some of the areas that I know, from having been an MLA for a long time, which come up are issues around residency, emergency shelter issues, issues of rental arrears and perhaps very, very old outstanding arrears for damages, situations where a senior may be in a home, in a subsidized housing unit and they temporarily need someone to stay with them who may be working but they need their support and care in the home for some reason. Those are the kinds of things that are real life kind of human issues, and yet I don’t want people to feel that they have to go through a big appeals process, that they have to go straight to the Minister’s office. If they could have that established working relationship with the LHOs and the local boards and they could reason with them and then have the opportunity for the boards to advocate for them, I think it is much better if the policy could incorporate those kinds of issues. Could the Minister respond? Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 191-16(4): Discretionary Decision Making In The Application Of Housing Policies
In the Legislative Assembly on January 27th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 191-16(4): Discretionary Decision Making In The Application Of Housing Policies
Oral Questions
January 26th, 2010
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