By Chad Ingram
The City of Kawartha Lakes which is the social services provider forHaliburton County has designed a program to assist landlords in housing the homeless during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The RapidRe-Housing Program provides financial assistance to landlords who makeunits available for this purpose. “During the pandemic the mostvulnerable are at an even higher risk and the city is looking tolandlords to help house homeless community members” reads a releasefrom the City of Kawartha Lakes. “There is a high demand for bachelor or one-bedroom units.”
As of mid-April there were nearly 100registered homeless individuals in the area of the city and countycombined. “The majority are single and there are nearly 20 families and several seniors youth and couples” the release reads.
Through the program the municipalities will provide the landlord funding toprepare units for tenants to move into; conduct COVID-19 screening prior to move-in and daily COVID-19 screening thereafter; choice of tenant;three months’ prepaid rent; and a last month’s rent guarantee.
Any landlords interested in the program can fill out a form at https://www.kawarthalakes.ca/
