Item - 2025.HS7.2
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Housing Rights Advisory Committee on September 16, 2025 and was adopted with amendments.
HS7.2 - Chair Update
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Committee Decision
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee:
1. Recommended that the Chair of the Housing Rights Advisory Committee write letters to the Federal Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and to the Federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, to express the committee’s deep concern regarding the funding cuts to the Interim Housing Assistance Program and the resulting impact on capacity in the City’s refugee serving community and the wider City shelter system, jeopardizing the City’s ability to meet its minimum core obligations to protect, respect and fulfill the human right to adequate housing.
Decision Advice and Other Information
Chair Elizabeth McIsaac provided a verbal update to the Housing Rights Advisory Committee on activities since the last committee meeting.
Summary
Housing Rights Advisory Committee Chair, Elizabeth McIsaac, will provide an update to the committee.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/hs/bgrd/backgroundfile-258522.pdf
Motions
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee:
1. Recommends that the Chair write a letter to the Federal Ministers of Housing and Immigration to express the committee’s deep concern regarding the funding cuts to the Interim Housing Assistance Program and the resulting impact on capacity in the City’s refugee serving community and the wider City shelter system, jeopardizing the City’s ability to meet its minimum core obligations to protect, respect and fulfill the human right to adequate housing.