Council approved a refreshed 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan. The long-term roadmap will also rely on annual work plans to help measure progress on efforts to improve housing stability and support residents experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
The plan responds to growing pressures in Ottawa’s housing and homelessness system. It strengthens coordination across housing, health and community services while working alongside Indigenous partners. It expands housing loss prevention efforts and improves pathways from homelessness to stable housing. The refreshed plan maintains its core priorities of ensuring everyone has a home, providing supports people need, and strengthening collaboration across the system.
The plan moves away from longer planning cycles, relying instead on annual workplans to enable the City and its partners to respond more quickly to emerging needs. It also introduces a new income-based definition of housing affordability, shifting away from market rents tied to unit sizes.
The plan builds on progress achieved since it was last refreshed in 2020. With approximately $1 billion in combined municipal, provincial and federal investments, the City and its partners have:
- Created 554 new affordable homes
- Added 329 supportive homes
- Created 700 new transitional housing spaces
- Provided 3,279 new housing benefits for low-income households
- Preserved more than 25,000 community housing units
- Enhanced outreach and drop-in programs
- Launched new prevention and diversion initiatives
- Purchased new sites for future supportive and affordable housing, including 1245 Kilborn Place
