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C-205 An Act to amend the National Housing Strategy Act

Requires the National Housing Strategy to include measures preventing the removal of homeless encampments on federal land.

What Bill C-205 would do

The bill would amend 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 them. It would require that Indigenous peoples are involved and supported in developing housing programs that affect them, and that responses to encampments respect their rights. It would also specify information to include in the three-year reports on how effective the Strategy is.

Official text

Official summary

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.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Jenny Kwan, Member of Parliament (Vancouver East)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
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  1. ProposedJun 10, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since June 10, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
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Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since June 10, 2025.

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