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 five 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 five-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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