🏡 A Real Plan to End Encampments

Doug Ford’s Ontario is one where encampments have become the new normal—because after seven years, he has failed on housing, health care, and affordability.

Ontario’s NDP will end encampments by investing in real housing solutions and giving people the support they need.

✅ Double ODSP/OW and stop people from losing their homes by bringing forward real protections for renters so people can better keep up with the cost of housing. The best way to end homelessness is help people stay in their homes.

✅ Create 60,000 new supportive housing units, allowing people living in encampments or the shelter system to move into a safe, permanent home, while connecting them to mental healthcare, addiction treatment and other ongoing supports. This commitment is part of our broader Homes Ontario plan to build hundreds of thousands of permanently affordable in the coming years.

✅ Upload shelter funding to the province. We will reverse decades of cuts and downloads imposed on cash-strapped municipalities by successive Liberal and Conservative governments, while maintaining locally focused service delivery.

✅ More housing benefits that help people move out of shelters, into homes. Doug Ford has withheld funding for programs like the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit, allowing shelters to overflow. We’ll work with the Federal government to boost the program and help more people move out of shelters into homes, freeing up shelter beds in the process.

💬 Marit Stiles: "Encampments in parks and on city streets are a stark reminder of how utterly Ford has failed this province. But we can fix this. We will put a roof over people’s heads, support them, and make sure every Ontarian has a safe, stable home."

We don’t have to accept Ford’s failures. Add your name to support real solutions to end encampments.