Item - 2025.MM32.52

Tracking Status

City Council adopted this item on July 23 and 24, 2025 without amendments.

MM32.52 - Request the Federal Government to Restore 100 Percent of the Funding to Shelter and Support Refugee Claimants - by Councillor Alejandra Bravo, seconded by Councillor Lily Cheng

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Adopted

Wards:: All

City Council Decision

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council reiterate its previous requests to the Federal Government to:

a. reverse the decision to wind-down the Interim Housing Assistance Program and continue providing support for municipalities for 100 percent of the cost of providing shelter for refugee claimants; and

b. establish a coordinated national system for responding to arrivals of refugee claimants.

Background Information (City Council)

Member Motion MM32.52
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-257670.pdf

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

Motion to Introduce Motion without Notice moved by Councillor Lily Cheng (Carried)

That Councillor Alejandra Bravo be permitted to add to the agenda of today's meeting an urgent Motion without Notice concerning:

Request the Federal Government to Restore 100 Percent of the Funding to Shelter and Support Refugee Claimants

Reason for Urgency:

Given the Federal government's delay in respond to the City's Interim Housing Assistance Program funding application, alongside recent comments in the media, this motion urgently requests commitment from the Federal government to continue supporting Toronto's refugee response.