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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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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.

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Racialized communities, newcomers and people with disabilities experience high levels of discrimination in rental housing across Canada

5 Mar 2025 – A new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) finds that racialized individuals, newcomers and people with children across Canada face heightened discrimination when searching to […]

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Housing policy news: December 2024

24 Jan 2025 – Highlights: NDP introduces legislation to recognize housing as a human right; New data highlights troubling housing inequalities for people with disabilities; Alberta changes its funding approach to address homelessness; Manitoba and Winnipeg working together to permanently house encampment residents; New rent regulations coming to N.B., though critical loopholes remain; Ontario tables legislation to address rising rates of encampments; Toronto’s Ombudsman shares report on refugees’ exclusion from shelter services.

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Toronto tenants most often face eviction when a landlord wants to renovate or use the rental home themselves

8 Jan 2025 – A new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) finds that 67% of tenants in Toronto have been threatened with eviction. Among them, 60% were due to a landlord claiming they needed the tenant to move out so that they could use the unit for themselves or a family member (also called “own-use” evictions) or to carry out renovations (also called “renovictions”).

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Housing policy news: November 2024

10 Dec 2024 – Highlights: Federal government announces updates to National Housing Strategy programs and additional housing initiatives; Competition Bureau launches investigation of rent price-fixing by Canadian landlords; NL Housing advocates call for ban on no-fault evictions; Ontario is exploring allowing credit bureaus access to eviction orders for renters with history of rent arrears; Quebec expected to face high rent inflation next year, while rental tribunal sees influx of applications; Manitoba government joins advocates calling for federal support to build more social housing.