Halton Regional Council approved
A Comprehensive Housing Strategy for Halton Region 
75KB in June 2006.
Strategic directions identified include:
- Promoting healthy communities through public awareness and acceptance of all housing types
- Encouraging and protecting affordable housing
- Encouraging and protecting assisted housing
- Supporting independent living and accessible housing
- Retaining and regaining housing for those at-risk of homelessness
We are currently researching and implementing several priority initiatives related to the Comprehensive Housing Strategy (CHS), and here are a few of the results from 2007:
- Launch of pilot ‘Be a Hero. Be a Voice for Affordable Housing.’ high school contest.
- Drafting a sustainable plan to create 800 new units of affordable housing by 2015.
- Participation in the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program.
- Created a working group to address issues of accessible housing.
- Working with the federal government to allocate funds locally from the new Homelessness Partnering Initiative.
Testimonials for Affordable and Accessible Housing
Hear stories
(Duration: 10:05) from local residents about how having affordable and accessible housing affects us all.
This video is provided in Windows Media Player Streaming Video.
Draft Joint Municipal Housing Statement (JMHS)
The Draft Joint Municipal Housing Statement (JMHS) is a collaborative effort between the Region and the Local Municipalities (Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville). It builds on the earlier work of the Region's Comprehensive Housing Strategy (2006).
JMHS identifies 53 specific policies and programs to help increase the amount of affordable housing in Halton. Some of these policies have been included in ROPA 38. The remaining policies and programs will be addressed as part of the update to the Region's Comprehensive Housing Statement (scheduled for 2010).
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