London councillor’s transparency concerns with homelessness plan rebuffed by committee [Video]

A London city councillor’s push for clarity about the community stakeholders involved in London’s response to homelessness was shot down by a council committee on Tuesday.

In a letter to the community and protective services committee (CAPS), Ward 4 Coun. Susan Stevenson expressed frustration about the lack of information about those involved in the whole of community system response to homelessness.

The city has said more than 200 people, representing over 70 local organizations, contributed to the response. However, Stevenson’s main issue was with a collaborative component of the plan responsible for guiding its implementation.

In a quarterly update last month, city staff said three highly supportive housing projects, totalling 211 units, had been endorsed by members of the strategy and accountability table. Capital funding would come from the Fund for Change and other federal housing programs.

“Council and the public do not know who the members of this strategy and accountability table are,” Stevenson’s letter to the committee reads. …