[Ost-news] Calgary: Rental crisis fund hits $43.5M

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Rental crisis fund hits $43.5M  
Province pays 10,000 claims a month  
Kelly Cryderman, Calgary Herald  
Published: Tuesday, July 01, 2008

A provincial emergency fund designed to help renters in dire straits has ballooned to more than six times its original size -- going to $43.5 million from the $7 million announced by the Stelmach government.

More than 62,000 requests for emergency cash were granted in less than a year following the spring 2007 unveiling of the Homeless and Eviction Prevention Fund.

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