CANDIDATE STATEMENT
Denise Maynard
Ward 2 council candidate
Maynard proposes quarterly reporting on movement from emergency or transitional shelter into stable supported housing, with year-over-year targets and a budget review after repeated misses.
Common question
What specific municipal service result would you work to have Chatham-Kent report publicly each quarter, and how would you connect that result to municipal budget decisions?
The question was sent to participating candidates on August 28, 2026 after voluntary CK Signals polls identified budget-to-results reporting as a recurring accountability concern. Those polls were non-scientific participant signals; they did not measure public opinion, voter intention, candidate support or the likely election result.
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
The text is attributed to the candidate. It is neither a CK Signals conclusion nor a verified fact merely because it was submitted.
As your Ward 2 councillor I would ask Chatham-Kent to report, every quarter, the number and percentage of people leaving emergency or transitional shelter into stable, long-term housing with confirmed supports (case management, addiction treatment or income supports).
Baseline
Publish the current quarter’s exits and percentage as Q1 baseline.
Target
Increase successful exits by 20% year-over-year (approximately 5% per quarter) and reduce median days-to-exit by 15% within 12 months.
Reporting deadline
Public report within 30 days after each quarter (Jan 30, Apr 30, Jul 30, Oct 30).
Responsible office
Community & Social Services, working with Housing Services; results signed off by the CAO and presented to council (I will present Ward 2 results).
If the target is missed
Residents will be told the exact shortfall, the root causes (capacity, waitlists, external gaps), the corrective actions and timelines, and the specific budget changes proposed to fix it.
Connection to budget decisions
Funding decisions will be outcome-driven — meet targets and we maintain/expand proven programs (transitional beds, addiction treatment, case management); miss targets for two consecutive quarters and we trigger a budget reallocation review to fund effective interventions and report back publicly.
Verification boundary
The response came from the campaign email listed in the candidate directory. The percentages, deadlines and review trigger are Maynard’s proposed targets, not current municipal results. No public source accompanied the submission, and the reference to ‘proven programs’ remains candidate wording rather than a CK Signals finding.
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