The Salvation Army is ending a rental housing program supporting over 200 people in Durham Region after the region cut funding — and two landlords say the charity still owes them tens of thousands of dollars.

The program began in partnership with the region in 2017. The Salvation Army signed time-limited guarantee agreements with landlords for rent payments on behalf of the tenants, said Gina Haggett, the charity's divisional director for public relations in Ontario.

But as the program winds down this month, 88 adults and 114 children will no longer be supported. Durham Region withdrew its funding support in May, Haggett said in an email to CBC News.

The Salvation Army “urged” the region to transfer the program to another operator rather than end it, but the region declined, she said.

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