With just days to go before the federal government stops funding hotel stays for asylum seekers, some Ottawa residents and community organizations are rolling up their sleeves to help their neighbours find stable housing.

"When deadlines are approaching and you do not have anywhere to go, it's really ... scary," said Rev. Daniel Addai Fobi, an asylum seeker from Ghana who leads a ministry for 2SLGBTQ+ refugees and newcomers at Kitchissippi United Church.

"They are feeling very, very afraid."

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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has said funding for hotel rooms will end Sept. 30. IRCC said it was housing 136 asylum claimants in one Ottawa hotel as of mid-September.

Fobi and other volunteers have been helping a gr

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