Did you know Ottawa has a plan for housing and homelessness?

Every municipality is required to have a 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan (10-Year Plan) under the provincial Housing Services Act, 2011, and this has been a requirement since 2014. The Province sets the basic requirements for what housing and homelessness plans must include. At a high level, they must be 10 years in length, be refreshed every 5 years, and include:

• An assessment of current and future housing needs
• Objectives and targets related to these needs
• Measures to meet the needs
• How progress will be measured

The City last updated it’s 10-Year Plan in 2020, so the 5-year refresh is underway. The refresh includes:

• Looking at our current and future housing needs
• Creating new objectives and targets that meet our housing needs
• Reviewing how we will achieve the plan’s goals
• Deciding how we will measure progress

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