Bill Detail
An Act to amend the National Housing Strategy Act
This enactment amends the National Housing Strategy Act to require that the National Housing Strategy include measures to prevent the removal of homeless encampments on federal land and to identify alternatives to encampments. It also seeks to ensure that Indigenous peoples are involved and supported in determining and developing housing programs that affect them, and that responses to homeless encampments respect their rights. Finally, it specifies information to be included in the triennial report respecting the effectiveness of the Strategy.
Bill C-205 aims to amend the National Housing Strategy Act to ensure that federal efforts to address homelessness are more inclusive and rights-based. It specifically proposes measures to prevent the forced removal of homeless encampments on federal land, and to identify alternatives in consultation with encampment residents. A key focus is on the meaningful involvement of Indigenous peoples in the development of housing programs that affect them, and ensuring that any responses to encampments respect their rights.