Election Lens · Issue
Homelessness & Encampments
130 divided (non-unanimous, non-procedural) council or committee votes on this issue since January 1, 2023: 59 carry a clear direction on a tracked axis (counted in the patterns on each councillor’s stance profile); 71 carry a descriptive label but no directional axis (listed below, not counted in any pattern); 0 are genuinely unclear from the motion text.
This is a descriptive record, not an endorsement. Every row below is a real recorded council or committee vote since 2023. It says nothing about a councillor’s reasons, character, or fitness for office — only what was voted on and what a yea did. See What Council Actually Controls for how much of this any councillor actually controls.
For how each current councillor voted on these, see their stance profile.
| Date | Item | What a yea did | Motion (excerpt) | Tally | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | (2.3) Proposed Winter Response for 2026-2027 | Referred the entire 2026-2027 Winter Response staff report — including implementation and up to $2,152,275 in contingency-reserve financing — to the next Community and Protective Services Committee meeting, to allow more time for discussions with federal partners on funding before a decision. | That the staff report dated July 13, 2026, regarding the Proposed Winter Response for 2… | 13-2 | Motion Passed (13 to 2) |
| 2026-07-21 | (2.4) Housing Stability Services Procurement and Delivery Framework | Referred part c) of the Housing Stability Services motion — implementing the updated emergency shelter guidelines — to the next Community and Protective Services Committee meeting for a further staff report on the changes and how they support housing stability and shelter safety. | That part c) of the motion BE REFERRED to the next meeting of the Community and Protect… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2026-07-13 | Proposed Winter Response for 2026-2027 (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Approved implementing the 2026-2027 Winter Response plan and approved up to $2,152,275 in additional financing from the Operating Budget Contingency Reserve to fund it, and directed a business case for future winter response funding. (committee stage) | That parts b), c) and d) of the motion BE APPROVED. | 4-1 | Motion Passed (4 to 1) |
| 2026-05-12 | (2.4) Housing Stability Action Plan (2026-2031) Update | Endorsed the London and Middlesex Housing Stability Action Plan (2026-2031), the city’s homeless prevention and housing plan, and directed its submission to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and circulation to community partners. | That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Social and Health Development a… | 12-1 | Motion Passed (12 to 1) |
| 2026-02-10 | (4.2) Temporary Warming Centres | Would have added an Environment Canada ice-weather-alert (yellow/orange/red) trigger to the conditions that activate the Tier 3 Surge Response warming-centre funding. | That part b) BE FURTHER AMENDED: or when Environment Canada issues an extreme weather a… | 6-9 | Motion Failed (6 to 9) |
| 2026-02-10 | (4.2) Temporary Warming Centres | Narrowed when the Tier 3 Surge Response warming-centre funding activates, removing the Environment Canada extreme-weather-alert trigger and leaving only the -15/-20-with-windchill temperature trigger. | That part b) BE AMENDED to read as follows: b) ACTIVATE the Tier 3 Surge Response with … | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2026-02-10 | (2.3) System Area Update: Supports for Those Living Unsheltered: Basic Needs and Pathway Options | Referred the System Area Update on supports for those living unsheltered to a future Community and Protective Services Committee meeting, for a report on the feasibility of a contract extension with 519Pursuit Umbrella Relief Programs for outdoor basic-needs outreach. | That, the staff report dated January 26, 2026 with respect to the System Area Update: S… | 8-7 | Motion Passed (8 to 7) |
| 2026-02-10 | (2.2) Good Neighbour Agreements | Would have shortened the Housing Stability Services procurement framework’s initial term from the proposed multi-year length to a one-year contract with an option to renew for one additional year. | i) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to provide a one-year contract renewal for the … | 7-8 | Motion Failed (7 to 8) |
| 2026-02-10 | (2.2) Good Neighbour Agreements | Endorsed the City’s proposed system-transformation approach and multi-year Housing Stability Services procurement framework. | a) the proposed system transformation approach and multi-year Housing Stability Service… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2026-02-10 | (2.2) Good Neighbour Agreements | Would have directed Civic Administration to review existing housing stability contracts for alignment with operational needs and report back to Council on recommended amendments. | ii) that Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to review existing housing stability contract… | 7-8 | Motion Failed (7 to 8) |
| 2026-02-10 | (2.2) Good Neighbour Agreements | Shortened the Housing Stability Services procurement framework’s initial term from the proposed multi-year length to a one-year contract with an option to renew for one additional year. | That part a) of the motion BE AMENDED as follows: i) the Civic Administration BE DIRECT… | 8-7 | Motion Passed (8 to 7) |
| 2026-01-26 | Temporary Warming Centres | Would have included costing an expanded Tier 2 Surge Response (50 additional warming spaces at -5C) among the scenarios Civic Administration must investigate and report back on. (committee stage) | That part e) vi) of the motion, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 3-3 | Motion Failed (3 to 3) |
| 2026-01-26 | Temporary Warming Centres | Included costing a lower Tier 3 Surge Response activation threshold (-10C instead of -15C/-20C windchill) as one of the scenarios Civic Administration must investigate and report back on. (committee stage) | That part e) v) of the motion, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 5-1 | Motion Passed (5 to 1) |
| 2026-01-26 | Temporary Warming Centres | Included providing a minimum of 100 warming-centre spaces across two to four locations as one of the costed scenarios Civic Administration must investigate and report back on. (committee stage) | That part e) iii) of the motion, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 4-2 | Motion Passed (4 to 2) |
| 2026-01-26 | Temporary Warming Centres | Included establishing one 24/7 warming centre (December 2026-March 2027) as one of the costed scenarios Civic Administration must investigate and report back on. (committee stage) | That part e) ii) of the motion, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 4-2 | Motion Passed (4 to 2) |
| 2026-01-26 | Temporary Warming Centres | Approved adjusting the Boyle Memorial Community Centre’s Tier 3 Surge Response morning closing time and providing additional garbage and CIR support as needed. (committee stage) | That part d) of the motion, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 4-2 | Motion Passed (4 to 2) |
| 2026-01-26 | Good Neighbour Agreements | Would have approved the Homeless Prevention Service Standards regarding Good Neighbour and Community Relations. (committee stage) | That part b) of the motion BE APPROVED. | 1-5 | Motion Failed (1 to 5) |
| 2026-01-26 | Good Neighbour Agreements | Endorsed the proposed system-transformation approach and multi-year Housing Stability Services procurement framework. (committee stage) | That part a) of the motion BE APPROVED. | 4-2 | Motion Passed (4 to 2) |
| 2026-01-26 | Good Neighbour Agreements | Would have amended the Housing Stability Services procurement framework to add a one-year (plus option) contract renewal and a directed review of existing housing-stability contracts with a report back to Council. (committee stage) | That part a) of the motion BE AMENDED as follows: i) the Civic Administration BE DIRECT… | 2-4 | Motion Failed (2 to 4) |
| 2025-12-09 | (ADDED) Request to Declare State of Emergency regarding the Community Safety and Humanitarian Crisis - Councillor C. Rahman | Adopted a resolution calling on the Government of Ontario to declare a state of emergency over the homelessness, addictions, and mental-health crisis and to provide municipalities with additional funding and support. (committee stage) | That the following actions BE ADOPTED with respect to the communication dated December … | 10-2 | Motion Passed (10 to 2) |
| 2025-12-09 | Micro-Modular Shelter Site Update | Would have directed Civic Administration to consult with first responders (paramedics, police, fire) on emergency services at the Micro-Modular Shelter Site and report back. (committee stage) | That part d) of the motion be approved: d) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to cons… | 5-9 | Motion Failed (5 to 9) |
| 2025-12-09 | Micro-Modular Shelter Site Update | Would have directed Civic Administration to consult with service providers on their roles, responsibilities, and costs at the Micro-Modular Shelter Site and report back. (committee stage) | That part c) of the motion be approved: c) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to cons… | 5-9 | Motion Failed (5 to 9) |
| 2025-10-14 | (4.1) Micro-Modular Shelter Site | Approved funding from the Operating Budget Contingency Reserve to cover the Micro-Modular Shelter Site’s costs through April 2027. | That part d) of the motion, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2025-10-14 | (4.1) Micro-Modular Shelter Site | Would have made a wording-only edit to the Micro-Modular Shelter Site motion, changing ‘regarding’ to ‘with the’ in the briefing-note clause; it did not change the site, funding, or timeline decisions. | That the motion be further amended in part i) by changing “regarding” to “with the” bef… | 6-9 | Motion Failed (6 to 9) |
| 2025-10-14 | (3.1) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response Research and Evaluation Report | Would have directed Civic Administration to report back to a future Community and Protective Services Committee meeting with the homelessness-response metrics previously requested at an October 2024 Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee meeting. | That the motion be amended to include a new part that reads as follows: The Civic Admin… | 6-9 | Motion Failed (6 to 9) |
| 2025-10-08 | Micro-Modular Shelter Site (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Authorized Civic Administration to finalize 1710 Wilton Grove Road as the site for an up-to-2-year temporary Micro-Modular Shelter, subject to obtaining required permits and approvals. (committee stage) | That part b) of the motion BE APPROVED. | 5-1 | Motion Passed (5 to 1) |
| 2025-09-23 | Councillor S. Stevenson - Urgent Situation Within London’s Housing Stability Program (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Adopted the amended item directing Civic Administration to report back to a future Community and Protective Services Committee meeting with an overview of placement barriers, success-rate data, and recommendations for strengthening tenant placement processes in the Housing Stability Program, without pausing any new ‘Project Home’ placements (a separate amendment to pause placements had already failed). | That Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to take the following steps and report back to a … | 12-3 | Motion Passed (12 to 3) |
| 2025-09-23 | Councillor S. Stevenson - Urgent Situation Within London’s Housing Stability Program | Directed Civic Administration to report back with an update on tenants’ overall housing-stability success rates and trends among those repeatedly cycling through the programs. | That Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to take the following steps and report back to a … | 11-4 | Motion Passed (11 to 4) |
| 2025-09-23 | Councillor S. Stevenson - Urgent Situation Within London’s Housing Stability Program | Would have directed Civic Administration to propose recommendations to amend existing housing-placement contracts to address barriers identified in part a), including potential head-lease requirements and strengthened landlord-responsibility language. | That Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to take the following steps and report back to a … | 3-12 | Motion Failed (3 to 12) |
| 2025-09-23 | Councillor S. Stevenson - Urgent Situation Within London’s Housing Stability Program | Directed Civic Administration to report back with an overview of issues partner social agencies identified as barriers to successful housing placements under London’s Housing Stability Program. | That Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to take the following steps and report back to a … | 11-4 | Motion Passed (11 to 4) |
| 2025-09-23 | Councillor S. Stevenson - Urgent Situation Within London’s Housing Stability Program | Would have paused new placements of high-acuity individuals into the ‘Project Home’ program until Council received and reviewed a report back on program issues. | That the motion be amended to include a new part e) to read as follows: e) pause any ne… | 5-10 | Motion Failed (5 to 10) |
| 2025-07-22 | (2.11) Municipal Rental Assistance Program Allocation for Indigenous Led Housing Supports | Directed Civic Administration to allocate up to 30% of the 2025 municipal rent-supplement increase ($1 million annually) to Atlohsa Family Healing Services to administer portable housing benefits for Indigenous-identifying individuals experiencing homelessness through Atlohsa’s Housing First and Rapid Rehousing programs, and to pursue expanded partnerships with other Indigenous-led housing providers. | That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Health and Social Development, … | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2025-06-09 | Communication - City of London’s Municipal Rent Assistance Program (MRAP) - Councillor D. Ferreira | Directed the City to allocate up to 30% of the municipal rent supplement increase to Atlohsa Family Healing Services to deliver housing benefits for Indigenous individuals experiencing homelessness. (committee stage) | That the following actions be taken with respect to the communication, dated June 2, 20… | 4-1 | Motion Passed (4 to 1) |
| 2025-05-13 | (2.2) Whole of Community System Response Q1 2025 Quarterly Report | Directed Civic Administration to discontinue the Whole of Community System Response quarterly written report and replace it with a more robust, publicly accessible homelessness-data dashboard. | That part a) of item 5, clause 2.2, as amended, BE APPROVED: That the following actions… | 11-4 | Motion Passed (11 to 4) |
| 2025-05-13 | (2.2) Whole of Community System Response Q1 2025 Quarterly Report | Directed staff to report back to the Community and Protective Services Committee in Q2 2025 with the content and rollout plan for a new public homelessness-data dashboard — a request for information, not a funding or policy decision. | That part b) of the motion be amended to read as follows: b) the Civic Administration B… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2025-04-22 | (5.1) Watson Park | Directed Civic Administration to shut down the fixed Watson Park depot and shift to a mobile service model, with depot resources redirected to help people living unhoused find shelter or move to another location. | That the following actions be taken with respect to Watson Park: b) the Civic Administr… | 9-6 | Motion Passed (9 to 6) |
| 2025-04-22 | (5.1) Watson Park | Directed Civic Administration to relocate people living unhoused out of Watson Park so the park complies with established encampment protocols, while connecting them to service supports including possible shelter options. | That the following actions be taken with respect to Watson Park: a) the Civic Administr… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2025-04-22 | (5.1) Watson Park | Directed Civic Administration to relocate people living unhoused out of Watson Park so the park complies with established encampment protocols, while connecting them to service supports including possible shelter options. | That part a) be amended to read as follows: a) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to … | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2025-04-07 | (ADDED) Watson Park (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Directed Civic Administration to shut down the fixed Watson Park depot and shift to a mobile service model, with depot resources redirected to help people living unhoused find shelter or move to another location. (committee stage) | That part b) of the motion be approved. | 3-2 | Motion Passed (3 to 2) |
| 2025-04-01 | (2.11) Additional Emergency Shelter and Day Drop-in Space Update Report | Approved funding to continue Ark Aid’s limited day drop-in space at its existing location, with no requirement to relocate. | c) a Single Source Procurement BE APPROVED at a total estimated cost of up to $610,577 … | 11-3 | Motion Passed (11 to 3) |
| 2025-04-01 | (2.11) Additional Emergency Shelter and Day Drop-in Space Update Report | Approved funding to add 70 emergency shelter spaces at Ark Aid’s Cronyn Warner site and increase funding for the Salvation Army’s 18 women’s-only emergency shelter spaces. | That the following actions be taken with respect to the staff report, dated March 17, 2… | 13-1 | Motion Passed (13 to 1) |
| 2025-04-01 | (2.11) Additional Emergency Shelter and Day Drop-in Space Update Report | Approved funding to continue Ark Aid’s limited day drop-in space at its existing location, with no requirement to relocate. | That the motion be amended to include a part c) to read as follows: c) a Single Source … | 9-5 | Motion Passed (9 to 5) |
| 2025-04-01 | (2.11) Additional Emergency Shelter and Day Drop-in Space Update Report | Would have approved funding for Ark Aid’s day drop-in program to remain at its current location only until August 31, 2025, after which it must move to a location other than a Main Street Business Improvement Area. | That the motion be further amended with the following: c) a Single Source Procurement B… | 5-9 | Motion Failed (5 to 9) |
| 2025-04-01 | (2.11) Additional Emergency Shelter and Day Drop-in Space Update Report | Would have approved funding for Ark Aid’s day drop-in program on condition it operate at a location other than a Main Street Business Improvement Area, rather than continuing at its Main Street location. | That the motion be amended to add a new part c): c) a Single Source Procurement BE APPR… | 5-9 | Motion Failed (5 to 9) |
| 2025-04-01 | (2.9) Provision of Outdoor Basic Needs (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Gave final approval, as amended, to the full outdoor-basic-needs report — new/expanded washroom, water, meals, and outreach funding and contracts for Ark Aid, 519Pursuit, and London Cares — bundled together with the separately-added bar on encampments and outreach at McCormick Park. | Item 10, clause 2.9, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 13-2 | Motion Passed (13 to 2) |
| 2025-04-01 | (2.9) Provision of Outdoor Basic Needs | Added McCormick Park to the City’s list of areas where encampments are not permitted and where outreach will not be provided. | Motion to add a new part j): j) Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to add McCormick Park … | 10-5 | Motion Passed (10 to 5) |
| 2025-03-17 | Provision of Outdoor Basic Needs | Added a requirement that Civic Administration report back to the committee with the executed outdoor-basic-needs contracts, for information. (committee stage) | That the motion be amended to include a new part g) to read as follows: The Civic Admin… | 3-1 | Motion Passed (3 to 1) |
| 2025-03-17 | Additional Emergency Shelter and Day Drop-in Space Update Report (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Would have approved a $610,577 single-source procurement to continue limited day drop-in space services at The Ark Aid Street Mission through March 2026; the sub-motion (“That part c) of the motion BE APPROVED”) FAILED 2-2 (McAlister, Trosow in favour; Cuddy, Pribil opposed). (committee stage) | That part c) of the motion BE APPROVED. | 2-2 | Motion Failed (2 to 2) |
| 2025-02-11 | (2.5) Unsheltered Homelessness Encampment Initiative and Incremental Reaching Home Funding Allocations | Approved extending funding agreements with Atlohsa Family Healing Services to temporarily expand indigenous-led outreach supports and services. | That parts f) and g) BE APPROVED: f) an extension to the existing Municipal Purchase of… | 9-3 | Motion Passed (9 to 3) |
| 2025-02-11 | (2.5) Unsheltered Homelessness Encampment Initiative and Incremental Reaching Home Funding Allocations | Would have directed Civic Administration to find $157,860 in funding for the Ark Aid Street Mission to provide 10 supported-housing spaces on Oxford Street; the motion failed. | That part e), as amended, BE APPROVED: e) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to find … | 3-9 | Motion Failed (3 to 9) |
| 2025-02-11 | (2.5) Unsheltered Homelessness Encampment Initiative and Incremental Reaching Home Funding Allocations | Referred part b) — a proposed funding increase to continue 70 emergency shelter spaces at Ark Aid — to Civic Administration to report back on potential emergency shelter and drop-in space options. | Motion to refer part b): that part b) relating to an amendment to the existing Municipa… | 8-4 | Motion Passed (8 to 4) |
| 2025-02-11 | (2.5) Unsheltered Homelessness Encampment Initiative and Incremental Reaching Home Funding Allocations | Referred the $1.4 million Housing Stability Services budget item to a future meeting for an operational plan, while directing Civic Administration to continue existing basic-human-needs services with existing funding through April 30, 2025. | Motion to refer part h): h) the use of Housing Stability Services budget for a total am… | 10-2 | Motion Passed (10 to 2) |
| 2025-02-11 | (2.5) Unsheltered Homelessness Encampment Initiative and Incremental Reaching Home Funding Allocations | Referred part d) — a proposed funding increase to continue Ark Aid day drop-in space — to Civic Administration to examine options for beds instead of day drop-in space. | that part d) relating to an amendment to the existing Municipal Purchase of Service agr… | 10-2 | Motion Passed (10 to 2) |
| 2024-11-19 | Service Depot Location Update Report (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Adopted the Service Depot Location Update Report item as amended: received the report with no further action, directed a report-back on mobile transactional outreach, and continued existing depot service delivery until February 28, 2025. (committee stage) | That the motion, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 10-5 | Motion Passed (10 to 5) |
| 2024-11-19 | Service Depot Location Update Report (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Amended parts b) and c) to direct a report-back on mobile transactional outreach services and to continue transactional service delivery at existing service depot locations only until February 28, 2025, rather than indefinitely. (committee stage) | That the motion be amended with parts b) and c) to read as follows: b) Civic Administra… | 10-5 | Motion Passed (10 to 5) |
| 2024-11-19 | Service Depot Location Update Report (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Amended part c) to end continued transactional service delivery at existing service depot locations on a fixed date, February 28, 2025, in place of open-ended continuation pending further Council direction. (committee stage) | That the motion be further amended in part c) to include “until February 28, 2025” and … | 12-3 | Motion Passed (12 to 3) |
| 2024-11-05 | (4.1) Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update | Approved part j) of the motion, barring resting spaces from being located on the main street of any Business Improvement Area. | That part j) of the motion BE APPROVED: j) resting spaces to NOT BE LOCATED on the main… | 9-6 | Motion Passed (9 to 6) |
| 2024-11-05 | (4.1) Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update | Would have directed Civic Administration to report back on setback-distance criteria (25m/50m/100m options, remaining available area, and ward-by-ward impact) for encampments from private residential property lines — a study request, not a decision on setbacks themselves. | That the motion be amended by adding a new part k) to read as follows: k) Civic Adminis… | 4-11 | Motion Failed (4 to 11) |
| 2024-11-05 | (4.1) Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update | Amended the motion to add a new part j) barring resting spaces from being located on the main street of any Business Improvement Area. | That the motion be amended to add a new part to read as follows: j) resting spaces to N… | 9-6 | Motion Passed (9 to 6) |
| 2024-11-05 | (4.1) Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update | Would have added a new part j) barring resting spaces from a Business Improvement Area main street unless Municipal Council specifically approved an exception. | That the motion be amended to add a new part be further amended to read as follows: j) … | 7-8 | Motion Failed (7 to 8) |
| 2024-11-05 | (4.1) Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update | Would have proposed re-amending part b) back to text identical to the already-pending wording (no BIA siting restriction), after the amendment adding that restriction had already failed — a restatement with no clear net effect on the pending text. | That the motion to amend part b) be further amended to read as follows: b) the Civic Ad… | 3-12 | Motion Failed (3 to 12) |
| 2024-11-05 | (4.1) Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update | Would have amended part b) so Council’s request to federal/provincial governments for encampment funding would specify that the additional overnight spaces not be located on the main street of any Business Improvement Area. | That the motion to amend part b) be further amended to read as follows : b) the Civic A… | 7-8 | Motion Failed (7 to 8) |
| 2024-10-29 | Sprung Shelter Motion - Councillor S. Franke and Councillor J. Pribil | Referred the councillors’ correspondence on the feasibility of a quick-build community of small housing structures (e.g., sprung shelters, tiny homes) to the Customer Service and Process Improvements Reference Group for feedback from development, construction, and real-estate industry partners. (committee stage) | That correspondence from Councillor S. Franke and Councillor J. Pribil regarding the fe… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2024-10-29 | Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Approved continuing CMHA-TVAMHS’s Cold Weather Response contracted services at The Coffee House through May 31, 2025, funded by reallocating remaining operational surplus. (committee stage) | That part h) of the motion be approved: h) continuation of contracted services at the C… | 8-7 | Motion Passed (8 to 7) |
| 2024-10-29 | Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Approved part f)(iii), formally deferring future service depot location decisions to the November 19, 2024 SPPC meeting and directing a new list of possible locations with a 50-to-100-metre buffer, more evenly dispersed and not concentrated in one ward. (committee stage) | That part f) iii) of the motion, as amended, be approved: iii) future service depot loc… | 8-7 | Motion Passed (8 to 7) |
| 2024-10-29 | Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update | Approved part c), Council’s request that Civic Administration and the Mayor engage federal and provincial governments to fund the Encampment Implementation Recommendations for 2025 as part of a $250-million federal encampments fund. (committee stage) | That part c) of the motion, as amended, be approved: c) the Civic Administration and th… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2024-10-29 | Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update | Approved part b) directing Civic Administration to reallocate up to $99,700 from surplus 2024 Housing Stability Services funding to fund basic needs provision from November 1 through December 31, 2024. (committee stage) | That part b) of the motion, as amended, be approved: b) the Civic Administration BE DIR… | 12-3 | Motion Passed (12 to 3) |
| 2024-10-29 | Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update | Would have endorsed a 25-metre setback requirement for the Community Encampment Response Plan from any private residential property line with a habitable dwelling, per the Building Code. (committee stage) | That part a) of the motion be approved: a) amendments to the setback requirements in th… | 5-10 | Motion Failed (5 to 10) |
| 2024-10-29 | Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update | Amended part b) to reduce the reallocated basic-needs funding from $141,400 back down to $99,700. (committee stage) | That part b) of the motion be further amended to change funding amount from $141,400 to… | 9-6 | Motion Passed (9 to 6) |
| 2024-10-29 | Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Amended part f)(iii) to defer future service depot location decisions to the November 19, 2024 SPPC meeting and directed Civic Administration to bring forward a new list of possible locations with a 50-to-100-metre buffer, more evenly dispersed and not concentrated in one ward. (committee stage) | That part f) iii) of the motion be amended to read as follows: iii) future service depo… | 8-7 | Motion Passed (8 to 7) |
| 2024-10-29 | Whole of Community System Response – Community Encampment Plan: Implementation Recommendations 2025 and Basic Needs Update (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Would have amended part f) to set a flat 100-metre buffer for future service depot locations, in place of the 50-to-100-metre range in the pending motion. (committee stage) | That part f) of the motion be further amended to indicate “with a buffer of 100 metres” | 6-9 | Motion Failed (6 to 9) |
| 2024-07-23 | (4.4) SS-2024-237 Single Source Award for Year-Round Ark Aid Mission Strategy | Approved a single-source contract award and reallocated $1,800,000 to fund Ark Aid Street Mission’s Year-Round Stable Responsive Services program serving people experiencing homelessness, from August to December 2024, with options to renew for two additional years. | That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Social and Health Development, … | 12-3 | Motion Passed (12 to 3) |
| 2024-07-18 | SS-2024-237 Single Source Award for Year-Round Ark Aid Mission Strategy | Approved a single-source contract award to Ark Aid Street Mission Inc. to provide Year-Round Stable Responsive Services for people experiencing homelessness (August 1-December 31, 2024, with options to renew for two more years), funded in part by reallocating $1.8 million from the Operating Budget Contingency Reserve. (committee stage) | That the motion be approved, as amended and reads as follows: That, on the recommendati… | 10-2 | Motion Passed (10 to 2) |
| 2024-07-18 | SS-2024-237 Single Source Award for Year-Round Ark Aid Mission Strategy | Directed Civic Administration to engage with the Old East Village BIA, local residents, and Ark Aid Street Mission Inc. to review the Year-Round Stable Responsive Services strategy — a consultation directive, not a funding or operational decision. (committee stage) | That the motion be amended to include a new part g) to read as follows: g) Civic Admini… | 12-1 | Motion Passed (12 to 1) |
| 2024-07-18 | SS-2024-237 Single Source Award for Year-Round Ark Aid Mission Strategy | Would have extended one-time funding of $687,000 to Ark Aid Street Mission Inc. for an additional 61 days (to September 30, 2024) of its stable responsive homelessness services, funded through the Community Investment Reserve Fund. (committee stage) | That the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to extend one-time funding in the amount of $… | 4-9 | Motion Failed (4 to 9) |
| 2024-06-18 | Basic Needs Response Plan (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Approved referring the decision on Encampment Response Option 2 (year-round depot services) and its funding source to a future SPPC meeting, pending a staff report on London’s application for $250M in federal encampment funding, while directing the existing depot meal program continue in the interim. (committee stage) | That the referral, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 13-2 | Motion Passed (13 to 2) |
| 2024-06-18 | Basic Needs Response Plan | Directed Civic Administration to continue running the depot meal program (a basic-needs service) until Council approves the full Basic Needs Response Plan, and to identify a funding source, including unspent Operating Budget Contingency Reserve funds. (committee stage) | That the referral BE AMENDED to include a new part to read as follows: that Civic Admin… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2024-06-18 | Basic Needs Response Plan | Directed Civic Administration to report back on existing public washroom facilities citywide (hours, locations, staffing, usage) to help Council assess whether access aligns with encampment and basic-needs services — a study, not a service decision. (committee stage) | That the motion BE AMENDED to include a new part g) to read as follows: g) that Civic A… | 9-6 | Motion Passed (9 to 6) |
| 2024-06-18 | London’s Health & Homelessness Whole of Community System Response - Proposed Community Encampment Response Plan | Approved the first encampment buffer-zone bullet — a 150-metre setback from elementary schools and daycare centres — as amended, as part of endorsing the Community Encampment Response Plan. (committee stage) | That part a), first bullet, as amended, BE APPROVED and reads as follows: a) That, “The… | 11-4 | Motion Passed (11 to 4) |
| 2024-06-18 | London’s Health & Homelessness Whole of Community System Response - Proposed Community Encampment Response Plan | Approved the 150-metre encampment buffer-zone setback from elementary schools and children’s daycare centres as part of the Community Encampment Response Plan. (committee stage) | That part a) BE APPROVED and reads as follows: - On or within 150 metres of an elementa… | 11-4 | Motion Passed (11 to 4) |
| 2024-06-18 | London’s Health & Homelessness Whole of Community System Response - Proposed Community Encampment Response Plan | Amended the Community Encampment Response Plan’s buffer-zone guidelines to include a 150-metre setback from elementary schools/daycares and a 100-metre setback from private residential properties. (committee stage) | That part a) BE FURTHER AMENDED as follows: - On or within 150 metres of an elementary … | 10-5 | Motion Passed (10 to 5) |
| 2024-05-14 | (5.1) Request for One-Time Funding for Ark Aid | Would have referred a proposed $130,000 increase to Safe Space London’s homeless day/overnight drop-in space funding to a future meeting; this confirming vote failed, so the referral did not take effect at Council. | That part b) of the motion BE APPROVED to read as follows: b) that consideration of the… | 7-7 | Motion Failed (7 to 7) |
| 2024-05-07 | (ADDED) Request for One-Time Funding for Ark Aid - Mayor J. Morgan and Deputy Mayor S. Lewis (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Referred a proposed $130,000 increase to Safe Space London’s homeless drop-in space funding to a future committee meeting rather than deciding it immediately. (committee stage) | That part b) of the motion BE REFERRED to the May 28, 2024 meeting of the Strategic Pri… | 8-6 | Motion Passed (8 to 6) |
| 2024-03-26 | London’s Health & Homelessness Whole of Community System Response Proposed Highly Supportive Housing Plan | Endorsed London’s Highly Supportive Housing Plan (Schedule 1) as the city’s approach to its Health & Homelessness Whole of Community System Response. (committee stage) | That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Social and Health Development, … | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2024-03-05 | (2.1) Contract Amendments to Maintain Day and Overnight Spaces for Unsheltered Londoners | Approved (at Council) a $129,000 extension of the Purchase of Service Agreement with Safe Space London to continue temporary day and overnight drop-in space for unsheltered Londoners through May 31, 2024. | Motion to approve part b) to read as follows: b) an extension to the existing Municipal… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2024-03-05 | (2.1) Contract Amendments to Maintain Day and Overnight Spaces for Unsheltered Londoners | Approved (at Council) a $139,600 extension of the Purchase of Service Agreement with London Cares to continue temporary drop-in space and security services for unsheltered Londoners through May 31, 2024. | Motion to approve part a) to read as follows: a) an extension to the existing Municipal… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2024-03-05 | Contract Amendments to Maintain Day and Overnight Spaces for Unsheltered Londoners | Approved a $129,000 extension of the Purchase of Service Agreement with Safe Space London to continue temporary day and overnight drop-in space for unsheltered Londoners through May 31, 2024. (committee stage) | Motion to approve part b) to read as follows: b) an extension to the existing Municipal… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2024-03-05 | Contract Amendments to Maintain Day and Overnight Spaces for Unsheltered Londoners | Approved a $139,600 extension of the Purchase of Service Agreement with London Cares to continue temporary drop-in space and security services for unsheltered Londoners through May 31, 2024. (committee stage) | Motion to approve part a) to read as follows: a) an extension to the existing Municipal… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2024-03-05 | Contract Amendments to Maintain Day and Overnight Spaces for Unsheltered Londoners | Would have increased and extended both the London Cares and Safe Space London service agreements (extending to June 30, 2024 and raising funding to $209,400 and $193,500 respectively) beyond what the base motion proposed; this amendment failed. (committee stage) | Motion to amend part a) to change the contract extension end date to be June 30, 2024 a… | 4-11 | Motion Failed (4 to 11) |
| 2024-03-05 | Contract Amendments to Maintain Day and Overnight Spaces for Unsheltered Londoners | Would have approved a smaller package extending only the London Cares day/overnight-space and security agreement (dropping the parallel Safe Space London extension) and directed staff to report back on plans and security concerns for the Safe Space London location at 602 Queens; this motion failed. (committee stage) | That the following actions BE TAKEN with respect to the Contract Amendments to Maintain… | 2-13 | Motion Failed (2 to 13) |
| 2024-02-13 | (2.2) SS-2024-042: Housing Stability Services Single Source | Would have referred the Housing Stability Services purchase-of-service agreements back to Civic Administration to meet with providers, review proposed budgets for two-year (rather than one-year) renewal savings, and report back to a future meeting. | That the Housing Stability Services Municipal Purchase of Service Agreements BE REFERRE… | 3-12 | Motion Failed (3 to 12) |
| 2024-02-06 | SS-2024-042: Housing Stability Services Single Source (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Approved (as amended) single-source Housing Stability Services procurement contracts and associated reserve-fund drawdown, and authorized continued engagement with the Encampment Reference Table on an inclement-weather response plan. (committee stage) | That item 2.2, as amended, BE APPROVED. | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2023-12-19 | (4.1) Deputy Mayor S. Lewis and Councillor S. Franke - Submission Regarding Progress Update - Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response | Directed Civic Administration to change the reporting frequency of the comprehensive Whole of Community System Response progress update to quarterly. | That Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to adjust the frequency of the overall comprehens… | 13-2 | Motion Passed (13 to 2) |
| 2023-12-19 | (4.1) Deputy Mayor S. Lewis and Councillor S. Franke - Submission Regarding Progress Update - Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response | Reconsidered Council’s earlier decision directing monthly Whole of Community System Response progress reporting, reopening the matter so an alternate reporting direction could be considered. | That pursuant to section 13.3 of the Council Procedure By-law reconsideration of clause… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2023-12-12 | Deputy Mayor S. Lewis and Councillor S. Franke - Submission Regarding Progress Update - Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response | Directed Civic Administration to change the frequency of the comprehensive Whole of Community System Response progress-update report to quarterly. (committee stage) | b) pursuant to section 35.7 of the Council Procedure By-law should reconsideration pass… | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2023-12-12 | Deputy Mayor S. Lewis and Councillor S. Franke - Submission Regarding Progress Update - Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response | Amended the reconsidered motion to propose changing the Whole of Community System Response progress-update frequency from twice annually to quarterly. (committee stage) | That the motion BE AMENDED to reflect the frequency of the overall comprehensive “Progr… | 13-2 | Motion Passed (13 to 2) |
| 2023-12-12 | Deputy Mayor S. Lewis and Councillor S. Franke - Submission Regarding Progress Update - Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response | Reconsidered Council’s earlier decision that Civic Administration report back monthly on the Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response, reopening the matter for a new reporting-frequency direction. (committee stage) | That with respect to the matter of Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Re… | 11-4 | Motion Passed (11 to 4) |
| 2023-11-07 | (2.3) Community Cold Weather Response (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Approved several 2023-24 Cold Weather Response funding items, including a $523,552 funding increase to CMHA Thames Valley’s drop-in space agreement, one-time security funding for London Cares and CMHA sites, a $638,000 Ark Aid Street Mission contract, a $259,000 Safe Space London contract, and $100,000 to support costs of the response for those who will remain unsheltered. | Motion to approve item 6 (2.3) parts c), d), e), g), h), j), as amended. | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2023-10-31 | City of London’s Response to Housing and Homelessness - Councillors S. Stevenson and J. Pribil | Would have directed Civic Administration to report back on recovery services, staffing ratios, and funding sources for expanded recovery programs and staffing within existing local emergency shelters, and report back to the November 21, 2023 committee meeting. (committee stage) | That the following actions be taken with respect to the City of London’s response to Ho… | 4-10 | Motion Failed (4 to 10) |
| 2023-10-31 | Community Cold Weather Response | Approved several 2023-24 Cold Weather Response funding items, including a $350,000 funding increase to CMHA Thames Valley’s drop-in space agreement, one-time security funding for London Cares and CMHA sites, a $638,000 Ark Aid Street Mission contract, a $259,000 Safe Space London contract, and $100,000 to support costs of the response for those who will remain unsheltered. (committee stage) | That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Social and Health Development, … | 12-1 | Motion Passed (12 to 1) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Approved introducing the bylaw authorizing execution of purchase-of-service agreements with the three hub providers, finalizing a total operating and capital investment of up to $20,616,024 for the homelessness hubs program. | That part i) and the “it being noted” portions of the recommendation, BE APPROVED: i) t… | 11-3 | Motion Passed (11 to 3) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Approved making the already-decided annual hub funding subject to the availability of funding through the City or other sources. | That part h) of the recommendation BE APPROVED: h) that the annual funding approval, no… | 13-1 | Motion Passed (13 to 1) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Directed Civic Administration to keep working with the community on the hubs implementation to identify additional space for possible future procurement. | That part g) of the recommendation BE APPROVED: g) that Civic Administration BE DIRECTE… | 11-3 | Motion Passed (11 to 3) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Approved making the already-awarded hub funding conditional on the City entering into a purchase-of-service agreement with Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services. | That part f) iii) of the recommendation BE APPROVED: iii. Canadian Mental Health Associ… | 12-2 | Motion Passed (12 to 2) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Approved making the already-awarded hub funding conditional on the City entering into a purchase-of-service agreement with Atlohsa Family Healing Services Inc. | That part f) ii) of the recommendation BE APPROVED: ii. Atlohsa Family Healing Services… | 13-1 | Motion Passed (13 to 1) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Approved making the already-awarded hub funding conditional on the City entering into a purchase-of-service agreement with Youth Opportunities Unlimited. | That part f) i) of the recommendation BE APPROVED: f) that the approval given herein BE… | 13-1 | Motion Passed (13 to 1) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Authorized Civic Administration to carry out the administrative work needed to implement the already-awarded hubs, including site reviews and Planning Act application support. | That part e) of the recommendation BE APPROVED: e) that Civic Administration BE AUTHORI… | 9-5 | Motion Passed (9 to 5) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Approved a one-time contingency funding allocation of up to $1,500,000 from the Social Services Reserve Fund to cover any ineligible costs while finalizing the homelessness hubs’ purchase-of-service contracts. | That part d) of the recommendation BE APPROVED: d) a one-time funding allocation of up … | 11-3 | Motion Passed (11 to 3) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Approved awarding a homelessness-response hub contract to Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services, funded through the Provincial Homeless Prevention Program and the Fund for Change. | That part c) of the recommendation BE APPROVED: c) a portion of the Request for Proposa… | 9-5 | Motion Passed (9 to 5) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Approved awarding a homelessness-response hub contract to Youth Opportunities Unlimited, funded through the Provincial Homeless Prevention Program and the Fund for Change. | That part b) of the recommendation BE APPROVED: b) a portion of the Request for Proposa… | 10-4 | Motion Passed (10 to 4) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Approved awarding a homelessness-response hub contract to Atlohsa Family Healing Services, funded through the Provincial Homeless Prevention Program and the Fund for Change. | That part a) of the recommendation BE APPROVED: That, on the recommendation of the Depu… | 11-3 | Motion Passed (11 to 3) |
| 2023-10-05 | (4.2) Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results (Relates to Bill No. 367) | Would have referred the Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response hubs implementation award decision back to the Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee to consider additional supporting information. | That the matter of the Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2… | 4-10 | Motion Failed (4 to 10) |
| 2023-09-26 | (4.1) Community and Neighbourhood Safety and Security Concerns Options for Agencies, Staff, Volunteers and those Accessing Services (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Approved a one-time funding allocation of up to $174,210 for London Cares Homeless Response Services to support security services at two locations, plus endorsed additional safety programming within existing budgets. | That Item 5 (4.1), as amended, BE APPROVED. | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
| 2023-09-26 | (4.1) Community and Neighbourhood Safety and Security Concerns Options for Agencies, Staff, Volunteers and those Accessing Services | Amended the motion to broaden where the endorsed safety and security programs (additional Coordinated Informed Response programming and street cleaning, within existing Housing Stability Services budgets) apply, from the Old East Village area to all hotspot service request areas. | That part c) of the clause BE AMENDED to read as follows: “c) the additional programs i… | 8-7 | Motion Passed (8 to 7) |
| 2023-09-25 | Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results | Would have referred the homelessness hubs implementation award decision to the October 31, 2023 Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee meeting instead of deciding it that day. (committee stage) | That consideration of Item 4.2, Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Respo… | 6-9 | Motion Failed (6 to 9) |
| 2023-09-25 | Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response RFP 2023-199 Hubs Implementation Plan Results | Approved awarding RFP 2023-199 hub contracts to Atlohsa, Youth Opportunities Unlimited, and CMHA Thames Valley, for a total operating and capital investment of up to $20,616,024, funded through the Provincial Homeless Prevention Program, the Fund for Change, and other sources. (committee stage) | That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Social and Health Development, … | 9-6 | Motion Passed (9 to 6) |
| 2023-09-12 | Community and Neighbourhood Safety and Security Concerns Options for Agencies, Staff, Volunteers and those Accessing Services (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Endorsed additional Old East Village safety and security programming — Coordinated Informed Response programming and street cleaning — accommodated within existing Housing Stability Services budgets, with no new funding. (committee stage) | Motion to approve part c) of the clause. | 4-1 | Motion Passed (4 to 1) |
| 2023-07-25 | London’s Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response Proposed Hubs Implementation Plan | Endorsed the Whole of Community System Response’s Proposed Hubs Implementation Plan for addressing homelessness. | That part a) of the motion BE APPROVED: That the following actions be taken with respec… | 10-4 | Motion Passed (10 to 4) |
| 2023-07-25 | (2.3) Housing Stability Services 2023-24 Contract Amendments | Reduced the one-time homelessness-response security funding from $374,210 (the immediately prior amendment) down to $200,000, for London Cares Homeless Response Services’ 602 Queens Avenue and 448 Horton Street locations | That the amendment, as amended, BE APPROVED as follows: That the motion BE FURTHER AMEN… | 11-4 | Motion Passed (11 to 4) |
| 2023-07-25 | (2.3) Housing Stability Services 2023-24 Contract Amendments (links to the meeting page — this item shares its heading with another motion, so no single-motion anchor is possible) | Added a one-time $374,210 allocation from the Social Services Reserve Fund to fund security services at London Cares Homeless Response Services’ 602 Queens Avenue and 448 Horton Street locations | f) a one-time funding allocation of up to $374,210 from the Social Services Reserve Fun… | 8-7 | Motion Passed (8 to 7) |
| 2023-07-25 | (2.3) Housing Stability Services 2023-24 Contract Amendments | Directed Civic Administration to report to a future Community and Protective Services Committee meeting on options and costs to address safety and security concerns raised by homelessness-response agencies, their staff/volunteers, and people accessing their services | That the recommendation BE AMENDED by adding the following new part e): e) the Civic Ad… | 13-2 | Motion Passed (13 to 2) |
| 2023-07-24 | London’s Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response Proposed Hubs Implementation Plan | Endorsed the Whole of Community System Response’s Proposed Hubs Implementation Plan for addressing homelessness. (committee stage) | Motion to approve part a): That the following actions be taken with respect to the Lond… | 11-4 | Motion Passed (11 to 4) |
| 2023-07-18 | Housing Stability Services 2023-24 Contract Amendments | Referred a proposed one-time funding allocation to London Cares Homeless Response Services back to Civic Administration for more information on neighbourhood-engagement concerns and security staffing. (committee stage) | That the motion BE AMENDED in part b) to read as follows: “b) the matter of a one-time … | 5-1 | Motion Passed (5 to 1) |
| 2023-06-27 | (4.3) Encampment Response Update | Approved a $255,000 funding allocation from the Social Services Reserve Fund and a $100,000 contract amendment with London Cares and CMHA to support the Phase 1 Encampment Response. | That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Social and Health Development, … | 12-1 | Motion Passed (12 to 1) |
| 2023-06-13 | Encampment Response Update | Approved a $255,000 funding allocation from the Social Services Reserve Fund and a $100,000 contract amendment with London Cares and CMHA to support the Phase 1 Encampment Response. (committee stage) | That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Social and Health Development, … | 4-1 | Motion Passed (4 to 1) |
| 2023-03-28 | Council’s Draft 2023-2027 Strategic Plan | Amended the Housing and Homelessness strategic-area-of-focus section of the Draft 2023-2027 Strategic Plan (Outcome 3, Expected Result 3.1) to add a new Draft Strategy: applying an equity tool that considers people experiencing mobility poverty, consistent with The London Plan. (committee stage) | That, the Strategic Area of Focus: Housing and Homelessness, Outcome 3, Expected Result… | 9-5 | Motion Passed (9 to 5) |
| 2023-03-08 | (ADDED) Council’s Draft 2023-2027 Strategic Plan | Amended the Draft 2023-2027 Strategic Plan’s Housing and Homelessness section: removed Expected Result 2.4 (Outcome 2) and added a new Draft Strategy directing ‘a program of proactive rental property compliance blitzes to protect the health and safety of tenants’ under Outcome 1, Expected Result 1.1. (committee stage) | That, the Strategic Area of Focus: Housing and Homelessness, Outcome 2, Expected Result… | 8-4 | Motion Passed (8 to 4) |
| 2023-02-28 | Developing Council’s 2023-2027 Strategic Plan: Draft Metrics | Would have added a new Draft Metric c) under the Housing and Homelessness strategic area of focus (Expected Result 2.2) to the Draft 2023-2027 Strategic Plan; the metric’s own wording is not captured in the meeting record (the motion text stops after the metric label). Failed 4-9. (committee stage) | That the Strategic Area of Focus: Housing and Homelessness, Expected Result 2.2, BE AME… | 4-9 | Motion Failed (4 to 9) |
| 2023-02-28 | Health and Homelessness Summits - Proposed Whole of Community System Response | Approved an amendment directing Civic Administration to report back monthly to future standing committees on progress updates for the Whole of Community System Response to homelessness — a reporting-cadence request, not a decision on the response’s scale. (committee stage) | That the following amendment to the motion, BE APPROVED: e) to read as follows “the Civ… | 12-2 | Motion Passed (12 to 2) |
| 2023-02-14 | (2.9) Housing Stability Services Purchase of Service Agreement Template (Relates to Bill No. 52) | Approved introducing the by-law adopting the standard-form Municipal Purchase of Service Agreement for buying homeless-prevention and housing-stability services, and delegated authority to the Deputy City Manager, Social and Health Development to execute and amend such agreements within existing budget and without increasing the City’s indebtedness. | That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Social and Health Development, … | 14-1 | Motion Passed (14 to 1) |
Methodology: A “divided” vote is any council or committee motion since January 1, 2023 that wasn’t approved unanimously and wasn’t a routine procedural step, and it doesn’t include a vote decided by secret ballot to fill an appointment, since those don’t produce a recorded yea or nay by councillor. For each councillor, on each issue, on each axis: a vote counts as “for” when it matched that axis’s more permissive outcome, and “against” when it matched the more restrictive one — but a nay is never described as if it enacted the restrictive outcome; it’s described as opposing the motion it was cast on, and the same care is taken in the other direction. When every recorded vote on an axis since January 1, 2023 happens to fall on one side, the pattern sentence says so plainly instead of silently reporting a zero on the other side. Every motion’s issue, axis, and direction (“what a yea did”) come from an independent, motion-by-motion review, checked against that motion’s own complete text in the official meeting record rather than a keyword search, with a small, separately published list of after-the-fact corrections applied on top — never a silent edit to the reviewed record. This is a genuine reading of what each clause did, not a raw yea/nay count, including for the generic “approved or denied the item” description used when no issue-specific axis applies. Recusals and absences are always counted on their own, never folded into “against” and never treated as a hidden position. A pattern sentence is only stated once a councillor has at least 5 separate underlying decisions on an axis — a committee vote followed later by a council vote on the same policy question counts as one decision, not two, so a motion with several stages can’t inflate the count; below that threshold the individual votes are still shown, just without a summary sentence. Some motions were reviewed and confirmed to have no clear direction at all — a referral, a request for more information, or a genuinely ambiguous clause — and these are listed, on every relevant issue, as motions with no clear direction: never counted in any pattern or sample size, but never hidden either. This project has no source recording which committee a councillor belongs to — that list isn’t published or collected anywhere; a meeting’s own attendance record shows who was there that day, not who belongs to it. So when a councillor has no recorded vote on a motion, nothing is claimed about why, in either direction: only whether that meeting’s own record separately listed this councillor as present without a recorded vote, or whether nothing else can be said at all. Before any of the above, motions were also dropped in 2 ways, none of them guessed at or repaired: 32 where the same person was recorded as voting more than one way on the same motion (a roster conflict in the source data); and 12 more that turned out, on review, not to be a genuine division at all — a lopsided result the source data’s own “unanimous” marker missed, or the same motion recorded twice under two item numbers. Each motion is filed under exactly one issue, so a motion that touches two topics — a housing decision with a budget line, say — appears on one issue page only, never both. Where the source text has a hash symbol immediately followed by a case or item number — as in a title reading “Business Case”, then a hash, then “P-5” — this hub shows it instead as “Business Case No. P-5”, so the character can’t be misread as a link; the underlying wording is not otherwise changed.