Provincial government

Recommendation 20: Raise disability to at least $300 more than welfare.

Provincial government

Recommendation 21: Immediately increase the shelter component of social assistance to at least $525 a month.

Federal government

Recommendation 37: Provide funds to build low income social housing in the DTES to replace 1,000 SRO units per year for the next five years.

Federal government

Recommendation 38: Provide funds to Chinese societies in the Downtown Eastside that have housing units and are financially unable to upgrade their building to remain habitable on the condition that the rents in upgraded units are guaranteed to not exceed the welfare/pension rate.

Federal government

Recommendation 39: Rather than just stating in the National Housing Strategy a goal of reducing chronic homelessness by 50% over the next decade, provide funds to build enough social housing to end homelessness now.

Federal government

Recommendation 40: Return Housing First as the key strategy of the National Homelessness Strategy and implement the Indigenous Definition of Homelessness

Federal government

Recommendation 41: Increase federal funding for urban Indigenous and on-reserve housing.

Federal government

Recommendation 42: Take concrete steps toward meeting Canada’s international obligation to respect the right to adequate housing and to respect the spirit of section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.