Housing Rights Advisory Committee
The full agenda, as filed
All 7 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
HS11.1received
Supporting Unhoused Rights Holders Working Group Update
A member of the Supporting Unhoused Rights Holders Working Group will provide an update and overview of the group's engagements with the Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union (TUHU) and staff from Toronto Shelter and Support Services.
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee received the item for information.
HS11.2received
Presentation from the Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union
In response to 2026.HS10.5 , representatives from the Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union (TUHU) will provide a presentation on its mandate and key issues they see impacting unhoused and precariously housed people in Toronto.
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee received the item for information.
HS11.3amended
Housing Rights Advisory Committee - First Term Review and Key Priorities Going Forward
The Chair will invite Housing Rights Advisory Committee members and members of the public to provide their input and views on the committee's impact, challenges, and key priorities for its second term if reestablished in the next Council term.
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee: 1. Requested the Chair of the Housing Rights Advisory Committee to report back to the June 22, 2026 meeting with a summary of the discussion on Item HS11.3 and identifying the actions and accomplishments of the Housing Rights Advisory Committee during its 2024-2026 term, as well as priorities for the second term of the Housing Rights Advisory Committee should the committee be reestablished in the next Council term.
HS11.4deferred
Municipal Licensing and Standards will provide an update on the actions summarized in 2025.EX28.2 , per direction from City Council, which includes strengthening enforcement processes, improving staff training, and establishing stronger protocols for interdivisional coordination to better protect tenants affected by vital services disruptions.
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee: 1. Deferred consideration of the item until the June 22, 2026 meeting of the Housing Rights Advisory Committee.
HS11.5amended
Human Rights-Based Guidelines for Hosting Future Mega Events
When people sleeping outdoors are removed or displaced, they are disconnected from their support networks, caseworkers, access to vital services, and face increased safety risks, including overdose for those who use drugs. It is a deeply traumatizing and destabilizing experience and is, in part, why Council rightfully adopted the Interdivisional Protocol on Encampments (IDP) . As a Council Advisory Body mandated to provide advice to City Council on how it can uphold its Toronto Housing Charter commitment to progressively realize the right to adequate housing, it is important that we understand how the City is monitoring its compliance with the Toronto Housing Charter and IDP when it hosts large scale events, such as the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup. Before entering into agreements for these events, the City should adopt trauma-informed, human rights-based guidelines to respond to and support people who are experiencing homelessness and residing in public spaces. These guidelines must be coordinated and consistently applied by City staff to ensure human rights are respected and upheld. Hosting large scale international events is ultimately an opportunity to demonstrate how governments can uphold and respect the human rights of its residents, including the progressive realization of the right to adequate housing.
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee recommends that: 1. City Council to reaffirm its commitment to the progressive realization of the right to adequate housing when considering strengthening governance oversight for future mega or large-scale events, as directed in Item AU9.9 - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Toronto, Governance Lessons Learned for Bidding and Planning to Host Future Events, and as established in PH11.5 - Housing TO 2020-2030 Action Plan, by ensuring any guidelines or policies developed include: a. consideration of impacts on people experiencing homelessness, especially those experiencing unsheltered homelessness; b. specifications for establishing a plan to minimize displacement and support people experiencing unsheltered homelessness to access shelter or housing in alignment with the City's Interdivisional Protocol on Encampments; and c. undertaking a FIFA 2026 audit of the impact of the mega event on the human rights of residents of Toronto particularly those who are experiencing homelessness, up to a one-year period post-event.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee: 1. Requests City Council to reaffirm its commitment to the progressive realization of the right to adequate housing when considering strengthening governance oversight for future mega or large-scale events, as directed in Item AU9.9 - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Toronto, Governance Lessons Learned for Bidding and Planning to Host Future Events, and as established in PH11.5 - Housing TO 2020-2030 Action Plan, by ensuring any guidelines or policies developed include: a. consideration of impacts on people experiencing homelessness, especially those experiencing unsheltered homelessness; and b. specifications for establishing a plan to minimize displacement and support people experiencing unsheltered homelessness to access shelter or housing in alignment with the City's Interdivisional Protocol on Encampments.
HS11.6received
Housing Rights Advisory Committee Chair, Elizabeth McIsaac, will provide an update to the committee.
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee received the item for information.
HS11.7received
Leave of Absence on Housing Rights Advisory Committee
The City Clerk's Office received notice that Diana Chan McNally is on a leave of absence from the Housing Rights Advisory Committee effective May 1, 2026.
The Housing Rights Advisory Committee received the item for information.