Over several decades, the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) has consistently heard from renters facing discrimination in the rental housing market. To better understand these issues, CCHR, in partnership with Dr. Gordon Hodson from Brock University, conducted the first ever national study to measure the extent of discrimination experienced by marginalized renters when they are searching to secure a rental home, and while living in one.
In this policy brief, we identify specific policy tools that are available to governments at the municipal, provincial, territorial, and federal levels to preserve the dwindling supply of affordable private rental market homes that already exist in Canada.
This toolbox provides a list of practical resources to support your leadership and advocacy work, with tools to increase your understanding of the right to housing in Canada.
