Housing
Recommended measures (4)
35. The Committee recommends that the State party fully implement the national strategy for housing and support services and assess its effectiveness with a view to renewing the strategy to better respond to the housing needs of disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and families. In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Improve the availability and provision of municipal low-cost social housing units to disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and groups.
(b) Increase the provision of housing, including social housing, accessible by persons with disabilities.
(c) Increase the availability of affordable rental housing and regulate the private rental housing market, including by controlling rent increases, strengthening minimum quality standards for rental housing, and protecting tenants from irregular terms of tenancy and arbitrary termination of terms.
(d) Strengthen measures to reduce homelessness, including targeted measures to address the long-term homelessness.