The Ontario government should take leadership on housing and homelessness: That’s the key recommendation from the Wellesley Institute’s 2013 pre-budget submission to the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance. The WI submission sets out three practical fiscal moves that the province can take to restore full funding for provincial housing and homelessness programs; negotiate a new long-term affordable housing deal with the federal government; and, ensure that there is sufficient capital in Infrastructure Ontario’s affordable housing loan fund to meet the diverse housing needs of Ontarians.