In April 2015 the Province of Ontario released its Long Term Affordable Housing Strategy (LTAHS) Renewal, which would build on the work set out in 2010 regarding the framework for housing policy in Ontario. The LTAHS Renewal sought feedback from Ontarians to inform the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) on what the current challenges are facing Ontario’s housing system in order to inform the province on how they “can innovate and use creative approaches that increase access to affordable housing for those in need.”

The Province committed to updating the Long Term Affordable Housing Strategy in the 2014 release of Realizing Our Potential, a new Poverty Reduction Strategy. In Realizing Our Potential a long term commitment to end homelessness was made and steps have begun provincially to support this goal. The LTAHS Strategy Update Consultation Discussion Guide laid the foundation on where the province was focusing the next 5 years by providing an updated vision, goals and key themes and identifying opportunities and challenges within the 4 key themes.