The HHLT officially launched and began meeting last winter. The HHLT has a mission “to plan, design, and oversee the ongoing implementation of an integrated housing and homelessness system and related sectors to deliver affordable, suitable, and adequate housing choices and reduction in homelessness”. Our first project is to co-design the refresh of the 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan.
The Housing and Homelessness Leadership Table is composed of the following sectors and representatives:
- Co-Chairs: Kale Brown and Kaite Burkholder Harris
- City of Ottawa Lily Xu
- Justice Sector Betsy Chaly
- Private Landlord Sector John Dickie
- Ottawa Community Housing Danielle McGee
- Youth Sector Darren Graham
- Community-Based Day Programs John Heckbert
- Gender Based Violence/ Violence Against Women Sector Keri Lewis
- Ottawa Social Housing Network - Community Housing Sarah Button
- Ottawa Social Housing Network - Supportive Housing Catharine Vandelinde
- Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition Marc Maracle and Irene Goodwin
- Coalition of Community Health & Resource Centres Suzanne Obiorah
- Lived Experts Sector Mark MacDonald and Leah Podobnik
- Newcomer Sector Andrew Smith
- Shelter Sector Stephen Bartolo
Documents:
- HHLT overview (updated October 2025)
- Aperçu du TLDI (Mise à jour octobre 2025)
- Terms of reference
- Presentation: 10 Year Plan refresh - May 7, 2025
- Présentation : Mise à jour du plan décennal - 7 mai, 2025
- Sector Summary Report: Insights from Community Sessions - May 12 & 14, 2025 (updated October 2025)
- Rapport sommaire sectoriel : Réflexions issues des séances communautaires - 12 et 14 mai, 2025 (Mise à jour octobre 2025)
- 10-year Plan refresh - Priorities, goals, objectives, and outcomes - October 2025
- Actualisation du plan décennal - Priorités, buts, objectifs et résultats - octobre 2025
- Housing And Homelessness Plan Refresh - Sector Engagement Session - October 6, 2025
- Mise à jour du Plan décennal de logement et de lutte contre l’itinérance - Séance de mobilisation du secteur - 6 octobre 2025
- 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan Refresh – Sector Session Report-Back (October 6th 2025)
- Plan décennal du logement et de la lutte contre l’itinérance – Perspectives tirées des séances communautaires (6 octobre 2025)
- Expert Steering Team Engagement with People with Lived and Living Experience - 10 Year Housing and Homelessness Plan Refresh (November 2025, version française à venir)