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Stay informed with the latest news, and our rights-based analysis of critical housing issues impacting communities across Canada.

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Everything you need to know about Build Canada Homes

22 Sep 2025 – Build Canada Homes is Canada’s new housing agency. To deliver real results, it must prioritize non-market, community housing; set rights-based targets and timelines; and enforce genuine affordability and renter protections so people at greatest risk aren’t left behind.

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Build Canada Homes: A Generational Opportunity to Uphold the Right to Housing

8 Sep 2025 – What will make Build Canada Homes work? To end homelessness and restore affordability, it must scale non-market housing, adopt rights-based targets, and ensure affordability, renter protections, and public reporting with lived-experience input.

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Budget 2025: Protecting Renters and Ending Homelessness

7 Aug 2025 – The federal government is developing its 2025 budget amid rising rents, growing homelessness, and deepening inequality. Without urgent action, more people will be pushed into housing precarity and poverty. We are calling on the government to invest in real, rights-based solutions that prioritize renters and people experiencing homelessness.

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Ontario’s misguided approach will not solve the housing and homelessness crisis

13 Jun 2025 – The Ontario government has quickly passed a series of housing-related laws that are particularly concerning for renters and encampment residents. Through its accelerated process, the government failed to consult with the public, raising further concerns around the opportunity for meaningful and democratic engagement. We’re urging the government to change course toward an evidence- and rights-based approach to address the root causes of the housing and homelessness crisis.

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The 2025 federal election: A roundup of housing and homelessness plans

15 Apr 2025 – To help inform voters, we have summarized commitments made by the Liberal Party, Conservative Party, New Democratic Party and Green Party to tackle the housing and homelessness crisis, as identified in their 2025 federal election party platforms and other announcements they have made during this period.