As a result of their deliberations committees may make recommendations which they include in their reports for the consideration of the House of Commons or the Government. Recommendations related to this study are listed below.

Recommendation 1

That the Government of Canada and other orders of government (provincial, territorial and municipal) work with Indigenous peoples, governments, communities, and organizations to co-develop an Urban, Rural, and Northern Housing Centre founded on the “For Indigenous By Indigenous” principle and an urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing strategy to realize the housing rights of Indigenous peoples living in urban, rural, remote, and northern areas, and that sustainable, sufficient, and long-term funding be allocated to support this centre.

Recommendation 2

That the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and Indigenous Services Canada report back to the Committee on progress towards the development of a national housing strategy for Indigenous peoples living in urban, rural, remote, and northern areas with an interim report by June 2021 and a final report by December 2021.

Recommendation 3

That the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada work with Indigenous communities and organizations to ensure that funding for Indigenous housing in urban, rural, and northern areas be delivered directly to Indigenous organizations and communities through the Urban, Rural, and Northern Housing Centre where possible and appropriate.

Recommendation 4

That the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and Indigenous Services Canada work with Indigenous peoples, communities, governments, and service and housing providers to create an Urban, Rural, and Northern Housing Centre with a mandate, role, and responsibilities developed by Indigenous peoples, communities, and organizations.

Recommendation 5

That Employment and Social Development Canada work with Indigenous peoples, housing providers, and organizations to expand the number of Indigenous-led community entities within the Reaching Home program and when possible transfer the funding and the design of the program parameters to the new Urban, Rural, and Northern Housing Centre.

Recommendation 6

That Employment and Social Development Canada undertake a review in partnership with Indigenous peoples, communities, service providers, housing providers and organizations of how coordinated access systems are working in designated communities under the Reaching Home program, identify administrative bottlenecks, and report back to the Committee on the findings through an interim report by June 2021 and a final report by December 2021.

Recommendation 7

That the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation work with Indigenous peoples, communities, organizations, and housing providers to ensure that all programs under the National Housing Strategy remain open to applications for housing providers from the Indigenous, urban, rural, and northern sector.

Recommendation 8

That any new housing program developed with and led by urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing providers will ensure and include renumeration for capital requirements necessary for support services as part of the criteria for program funding. Supports that include but are not limited to traditional healing spaces, culturally led childcare capacity, medical facilities and ceremonial gathering environments and other wraparound services.

Recommendation 9

That the scale of any new program take into account the Parliamentary Budget Officer document referenced in this report and that the federal government and Statistics Canada commit to collect and publish better data on both existing programs and the populations of urban, rural, and northern Indigenous people and communities who are to be served by such a new URN program.