Canada is experiencing a serious housing and homelessness crisis. Too many people can’t find a safe, affordable place to live. Overall homelessness has doubled, and unsheltered homelessness has increased 300% since 2018, according to the latest national point-in-time count.  Governments are struggling to respond, working on the problem in their own ways without a way to ensure they’re rowing in the same direction. Housing … More

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled their first federal budget this week. The timing of this budget couldn’t be more important – the homelessness and housing crisis is deepening in communities across the country and Canadians are looking to their governments to take urgent action.   Political … More

Download now: Bridge Housing in Canada: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Operating Bridge Housing Effectively.  Across Canada, more and more people are living without shelter. According to national point-in-time count data, unsheltered homelessness has risen a staggering 300% since 2018. Communities are struggling to respond as encampments grow and … More

by Tim Richter The federal government’s proposal to create “a new federal entity responsible for building affordable homes, financing affordable home builders, and catalyzing a more productive homebuilding industry” —Build Canada Homes (BCH) —is an ambitious and potentially transformative concept that could reshape Canada’s housing landscape. It’s the centrepiece of … More

No matter where you look, the housing and homelessness crisis is personal. Too many Canadians are struggling to find and keep a place to live and worrying about the trade war making it even worse.  Skyrocketing rents, impossible home prices that strip the dream of owning a home from young … More

The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) is deeply concerned by the Trump administration’s decision to criminalize and promote involuntary institutionalization for people experiencing homelessness and substance use issues in the United States.    The executive order expands the use of policing and institutionalization as a response to homelessness, prioritizes funding … More