Canada announces funding to help with refugee housing crisis

The federal government has announced new funding to ensure communities are able to support vulnerable asylum claimants in Canada.

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser says $212 million will be injected into the Interim Housing Assistance Program (IHAP), which will be extended until March 31 of next year.

Toronto will receive nearly $100 million of that to help fund housing solutions for refugees.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says it has also been working with province and municipalities that are most affected “to increase the amount of temporary housing.”

IRCC adds there are more than 3,800 hotel rooms across six provinces providing temporary housing to those seeking asylum.

Toronto has been turning away