OntarioDid Not Pass44th Parliament, 1st Session

Bill 28 explained in plain English

Homelessness Ends with Housing Act, 2025

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Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

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At a glance

Jurisdiction

Ontario Legislature

Legislature / Parliament

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Session

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Bill number

Bill 28

Full title

Homelessness Ends with Housing Act, 2025

Current status

Did Not Pass

Latest event

Lost on division

Last updated

Oct 23, 2025

Sponsor

Aislinn Clancy

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Current Stage

Lost on division

Latest Activity

Oct 23, 2025

Sponsor

Aislinn Clancy

Plain-language explanation

In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

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Short Version

Bill 28 creates a legal framework requiring the Ontario government to develop and maintain a strategy to eliminate homelessness within 10 years, establish an advisory committee, and publish annual progress reports.

What It Means

Bill 28, called the Homelessness Ends with Housing Act, 2025, requires the Government of Ontario to create a plan to eliminate homelessness over the next 10 years. The bill sets out five main goals for this plan: (1) building a system to track data about people experiencing homelessness and their needs, (2) creating targets and plans for affordable rental housing, (3) investing in supportive housing, (4) increasing portable housing supports through the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program, and (5) using a "housing-first" approach that quickly moves people experiencing homelessness into permanent housing without preconditions. The bill requires the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (or another designated minister) to establish a Homelessness Advisory Committee with up to 11 members. This committee must include people with lived experience of homelessness and representatives from housing advocacy groups. The committee will advise the government on how to achieve the strategy's objectives. The bill also requires the Minister to publish a detailed annual report, starting within one year of the law coming into force, describing how the government is working toward these goals. Each report must include information about the total number of unhoused people in Ontario, the number who died in the past year, the number who became unhoused again after finding housing, and the number of available supportive and affordable rental units in the province. The law comes into force when it receives Royal Assent. The advisory committee must be established within 90 days of the law coming into force.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Government of Ontario to design, implement, and maintain a homelessness elimination strategy with the goal of eliminating homelessness within 10 years
Establishes five core objectives for the strategy: data collection and reporting on homelessness trends, affordable housing targets and planning, investment in supportive housing, increased portable housing supports through the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program, and a housing-first approach
Requires the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to establish a Homelessness Advisory Committee (up to 11 members) within 90 days of Royal Assent
Specifies that the advisory committee must include people with lived experience of homelessness and representatives from housing advocacy groups
Requires the advisory committee to make recommendations to the government on achieving the strategy's objectives
Requires the Minister to prepare an annual report describing progress toward the strategy's objectives, starting no later than one year after Royal Assent
Specifies that annual reports must include: total number of unhoused individuals, number who died in the past year, number who became unhoused again after finding housing, and number of available supportive, transitional, and deeply affordable rental units
Allows the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations prescribing additional information for inclusion in reports
Defines 'deeply affordable rental unit' as housing where rent does not exceed 30 per cent of the tenant's gross income

Who Is Affected

People experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness in Ontario
The Government of Ontario and all Ontario ministries responsible for implementing the homelessness elimination strategy
The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, who must establish the advisory committee and prepare annual reports
Members of the Homelessness Advisory Committee, who must provide recommendations
Housing advocacy groups, which are required to be represented on the advisory committee
Ontarians interested in tracking the government's progress on homelessness elimination

Rights, Duties, Or Obligations

The Government of Ontario must design, implement, and maintain a homelessness elimination strategy aimed at eliminating homelessness within 10 years (Section 3(1))
The government must pursue five specific objectives in the strategy: data collection, affordable housing targets, supportive housing investment, portable housing supports, and a housing-first approach (Section 3(2))
The Minister must establish a Homelessness Advisory Committee with no more than 11 members within 90 days of Royal Assent (Section 4(1))
The advisory committee must reflect the diversity of people experiencing homelessness and must include members with lived experience and from housing advocacy groups (Section 4(3))
The advisory committee must make recommendations to the government on achieving the strategy's objectives (Section 4(4))
The Minister must prepare and publish an annual report starting no later than one year after Royal Assent, and then annually thereafter (Section 5(1) and (3))
Annual reports must include specific data on unhoused individuals, deaths, housing transitions, and available housing units (Section 5(2))

Important Dates

The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent (Section 7)
The Homelessness Advisory Committee must be established no later than 90 days after the Act comes into force (Section 4(1))
The first annual report must be made public no later than one year after the Act comes into force (Section 5(3))
Subsequent annual reports must be published no later than one year after the previous report was published (Section 5(3))

Financial Or Tax Impacts

The bill refers to increasing funding to the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program to support portable housing supports, but does not specify the amount or source of this funding (Section 3(2), objective 4)
The bill requires investment in new supportive housing, but does not specify amounts or funding mechanisms (Section 3(2), objective 3)
The bill does not provide details on costs associated with establishing and maintaining the Homelessness Advisory Committee or preparing annual reports

Uncertainties Or Limits

The bill does not specify how the government will fund the homelessness elimination strategy or the specific investments required
The bill does not establish enforcement mechanisms or penalties for failure to achieve the 10-year goal or annual objectives
The bill does not define what 'eliminate homelessness' means or what success would look like beyond the 10-year timeframe
The bill does not specify the composition of the advisory committee beyond requiring 'up to 11 members' with diversity and representation from housing advocacy groups and people with lived experience
The bill does not mandate specific outcomes or timelines for the five objectives listed in Section 3(2), only that they be pursued in the strategy design, implementation, and maintenance
The bill does not specify what additional information may be prescribed by regulation under Section 6
The bill does not establish a formal legal relationship between the Ontario government and the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program, which may be jointly administered with the federal government
The bill does not clarify which government ministry or agency will lead implementation of the strategy
The bill does not specify whether the advisory committee recommendations are binding or merely advisory

Laws Or Regulations Affected

Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program

referenced for increased funding

The bill identifies the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program as a vehicle for increasing portable housing supports as part of the homelessness elimination strategy, though it does not formally amend the program

Source: Section 3(2), objective 4

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1

First reading

May 27, 2025

Step 2

Second reading

Oct 23, 2025

Step 3

Committee review

Not reached yet

Step 4

Third reading

Not reached yet

Step 5

Royal assent

Not reached yet

Vote Summary

Yes

Abstain

Absent / Other

Final recorded vote

Oct 23, 2025

103 representative positions are recorded in this official snapshot for this vote.

Sponsor

Aislinn Clancy

Green Party of Ontario | Kitchener Centre

Jurisdiction

Ontario Legislature

Representative Voting Breakdown

Vote badges include text labels so the table stays readable for everyone, even without color cues alone.

Representative	Role	Riding	Party	Vote	Notes
Aislinn ClancySponsor MPP	MPP	Kitchener Centre	Green Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Adil Shamji MPP	MPP	Don Valley East	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Alexa Gilmour MPP	MPP	Parkdale—High Park	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Andrea Hazell MPP	MPP	Scarborough—Guildwood	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Bobbi Ann Brady MPP	MPP	Haldimand—Norfolk	Independent	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Catherine Fife MPP	MPP	Waterloo	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Catherine McKenney MPP	MPP	Ottawa Centre	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Chandra Pasma MPP	MPP	Ottawa West—Nepean	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Chris Glover MPP	MPP	Spadina—Fort York	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Guy Bourgouin MPP	MPP	Mushkegowuk—James Bay	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Jamie West MPP	MPP	Sudbury	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Jeff Burch MPP	MPP	Niagara Centre	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens MPP	MPP	St. Catharines	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Jennifer K. French MPP	MPP	Oshawa	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Jessica Bell MPP	MPP	University—Rosedale	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
John Fraser MPP	MPP	Ottawa South	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
John Vanthof MPP	MPP	Timiskaming—Cochrane	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Jonathan Tsao MPP	MPP	Don Valley North	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Kristyn Wong-Tam MPP	MPP	Toronto Centre	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Lee Fairclough MPP	MPP	Etobicoke—Lakeshore	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Lisa Gretzky MPP	MPP	Windsor West	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Lise Vaugeois MPP	MPP	Thunder Bay—Superior North	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Lucille Collard MPP	MPP	Ottawa—Vanier	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Marit Stiles MPP	MPP	Davenport	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Mary-Margaret McMahon MPP	MPP	Beaches—East York	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Mike Schreiner MPP	MPP	Guelph	Green Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Peggy Sattler MPP	MPP	London West	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Peter Tabuns MPP	MPP	Toronto—Danforth	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Rob Cerjanec MPP	MPP	Ajax	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Robin Lennox MPP	MPP	Hamilton Centre	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Sandy Shaw MPP	MPP	Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Sol Mamakwa MPP	MPP	Kiiwetinoong	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Stephanie Bowman MPP	MPP	Don Valley West	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Stephanie Smyth MPP	MPP	Toronto—St. Paul's	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Stephen Blais MPP	MPP	Orléans	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Ted Hsu MPP	MPP	Kingston and the Islands	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Teresa J. Armstrong MPP	MPP	London—Fanshawe	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Tom Rakocevic MPP	MPP	Humber River—Black Creek	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Tyler Watt MPP	MPP	Nepean	Ontario Liberal Party	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Wayne Gates MPP	MPP	Niagara Falls	New Democratic Party of Ontario	Yes	Recorded without an additional note.
Amarjot Sandhu MPP	MPP	Brampton West	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Andrew Dowie MPP	MPP	Windsor—Tecumseh	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Anthony Leardi MPP	MPP	Essex	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Aris Babikian MPP	MPP	Scarborough—Agincourt	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Bill Rosenberg MPP	MPP	Algoma—Manitoulin	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Billy Denault MPP	MPP	Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Billy Pang MPP	MPP	Markham—Unionville	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Brian Riddell MPP	MPP	Cambridge	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Brian Saunderson MPP	MPP	Simcoe—Grey	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Daisy Wai MPP	MPP	Richmond Hill	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Dave Smith MPP	MPP	Peterborough—Kawartha	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
David Smith MPP	MPP	Scarborough Centre	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Dawn Gallagher Murphy MPP	MPP	Newmarket—Aurora	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Deepak Anand MPP	MPP	Mississauga—Malton	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Effie J. Triantafilopoulos MPP	MPP	Oakville North—Burlington	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
George Darouze MPP	MPP	Carleton	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hardeep Singh Grewal MPP	MPP	Brampton East	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Andrea Khanjin MPP	MPP	Barrie—Innisfil	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Caroline Mulroney MPP	MPP	York—Simcoe	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Charmaine A. Williams MPP	MPP	Brampton Centre	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. David Piccini MPP	MPP	Northumberland—Peterborough South	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Doug Downey MPP	MPP	Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Ernie Hardeman MPP	MPP	Oxford	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. George Pirie MPP	MPP	Timmins	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Graham McGregor MPP	MPP	Brampton North	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Graydon Smith MPP	MPP	Parry Sound—Muskoka	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Greg Rickford MPP	MPP	Kenora—Rainy River	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Jill Dunlop MPP	MPP	Simcoe North	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Kevin Holland MPP	MPP	Thunder Bay—Atikokan	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Michael A. Tibollo MPP	MPP	Vaughan—Woodbridge	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Michael Parsa MPP	MPP	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Mike Harris MPP	MPP	Kitchener—Conestoga	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Neil Lumsden MPP	MPP	Hamilton East—Stoney Creek	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Nina Tangri MPP	MPP	Mississauga—Streetsville	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Nolan Quinn MPP	MPP	Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Paul Calandra MPP	MPP	Markham—Stouffville	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria MPP	MPP	Brampton South	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Raymond Sung Joon Cho MPP	MPP	Scarborough North	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Rob Flack MPP	MPP	Elgin—Middlesex—London	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Stephen Crawford MPP	MPP	Oakville	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Steve Clark MPP	MPP	Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Sylvia Jones MPP	MPP	Dufferin—Caledon	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Trevor Jones MPP	MPP	Chatham-Kent—Leamington	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Victor Fedeli MPP	MPP	Nipissing	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Hon. Zee Hamid MPP	MPP	Milton	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Jess Dixon MPP	MPP	Kitchener South—Hespeler	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
John Jordan MPP	MPP	Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Joseph Racinsky MPP	MPP	Wellington—Halton Hills	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Laura Smith MPP	MPP	Thornhill	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Logan Kanapathi MPP	MPP	Markham—Thornhill	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Lorne Coe MPP	MPP	Whitby	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Mohamed Firin MPP	MPP	York South—Weston	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Monica Ciriello MPP	MPP	Hamilton Mountain	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Natalie Pierre MPP	MPP	Burlington	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Paul Vickers MPP	MPP	Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Ric Bresee MPP	MPP	Hastings—Lennox and Addington	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Robert Bailey MPP	MPP	Sarnia—Lambton	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Rudy Cuzzetto MPP	MPP	Mississauga—Lakeshore	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Sheref Sabawy MPP	MPP	Mississauga—Erin Mills	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Stéphane Sarrazin MPP	MPP	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Steve Pinsonneault MPP	MPP	Lambton—Kent—Middlesex	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Tyler Allsopp MPP	MPP	Bay of Quinte	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.
Will Bouma MPP	MPP	Brantford—Brant	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	No	Recorded without an additional note.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

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