The SPRC has supported the creation of the City of Hamilton’s 10-year housing and homelessness action plan, titled Everyone has a home… Home is the foundation. The vision, values, and outcomes from Hamilton’s housing and homeliness strategy were the result of wide community consultation, and we believe form a useful template for the federal government’s National Housing Strategy. We offer this brief, adapted from the City of Hamilton’s housing and homelessness action plan to fit a federal context and supplemented by suggested federal strategies, based on the SPRC’s own consultations in this area, as well sound policy proposals from Ontario’s Long Term Affordable Housing Strategy, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Big Cities Mayor’s Caucus, the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, and the Calgary Homeless Foundation.