Homelessness Ends with Housing Act, 2025
Sponsored by Clancy, Aislinn, Fairclough, Lee · Second Reading Vote
- Creates the Homelessness Ends with Housing Act, 2025 to guide efforts to end homelessness
- Requires the Ontario government to design a strategy aiming to eliminate homelessness within 10 years
- Sets strategy goals like better data collection, more deeply affordable rental units and supportive housing
- Calls for increased funding to the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit and a housing-first approach
- Requires the Minister to create an 11-member Homelessness Advisory Committee within 90 days, including people who experienced homelessness
- Requires an annual public report tracking numbers of unhoused people, deaths, repeat homelessness and available units
- Allows the Lieutenant Governor in Council to prescribe extra information for future reports