Providing housing and healthcare to the unhoused population is critical to solving the City’s number one issue. Persistent advocacy expanded shelter capacity at Our Place Society, My Place, Rock Bay Landing, and the Salvation Army; transitioned St. John the Divine from a winter shelter into a permanent shelter; and pushed for HEART and HEARTH partnership with the Province, which added 248 net new shelter spaces and housing spaces this term.

Councillor Loughton led the creation of the Housing Relocation Support Team, which has housed over 50 unsheltered people and counting. She also encouraged the implementation of the Downtown Street Ambassador Program and both the Cultural & Youth Outreach Transportation Support Programs to help unsheltered people voluntarily travel back to their home communities.

All term Loughton pushed hard for the improvement of Extreme Weather Response planning both in Victoria and the region, and much more advocacy and work is planned for 2026.