My question is to the Premier. The owner of property in Innisfil has been charging people facing housing insecurity $500 to set up a tent on their property. The ad for the property notes that they will have access to a communal washroom and kitchen. Shockingly, instead of working to resolve this province’s homelessness crisis, the member for Innisfil has started referring people to this for-profit encampment.
My question to the Premier is this: Is he going to start counting tents as part of their affordable housing numbers?
Unfortunately—and this is shocking but not surprising—this for-profit encampment is targeted toward people who are on OW or ODSP because the programs don’t even cover the cost of rent.
This Conservative government has fuelled a housing and affordability crisis, and now they seem to be endorsing its exploitation.
Speaker, will the Premier tell Ontarians whether for-profit encampments are part of his affordable housing strategy?