Canadians Want A Rights-Based National Housing Strategy Housing is a hot topic in this country no matter where you live. The details of the conversation may shift depending on where you are, but across the country, these discussions reveal common…
Did you know that in Canada one-fifth of all households experience extreme housing affordability issues – with 18% of all renters (over 730,000 households) experiencing severe housing affordability problems, threatening their security of tenure? Or that it’s estimated that approximately…
Let’s Talk Housing! The process has begun and we are only months away from what will become Canada’s National Housing Strategy. Called for by the United Nations, anti-poverty advocates, academics, faith-based groups and many others, the strategy is long overdue…
*By Emad Mahdavi, Law Student. Recent uproars regarding anti-homeless spikes in London (UK) and Montreal have provided a much-needed discussion on homelessness in Canada. Although the media buzz didn’t last long, it did momentarily hold our national attention.
Many of you probably did not know that this is an anniversary month. Twenty years ago in January 1994 the federal government cancelled new long-term investments in social housing. This meant provinces were left to pick up the pieces after…
For more on the truth of the matter, go to the Homeless Hub to see CWP’s review of human rights ‘moments and misses’ this year, from a housing perspective. Here is a short blurb from the blog by our ED,…
November 22 is National Housing Day and organizations across the country are making a point to mark the day publicly so as to draw attention to the dire housing and homelessness situation in Canada. Deemed as an ’emergency’ and ‘crisis’…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2013 Premiers Urged to Address Housing Crisis at Council of the Federation Ottawa: A group of over 50 organizations from across Canada has signed a joint letter to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne urging her to…
In the past two weeks, Canada has seen two significant events take place. The first was the tabling of the 2013 federal budget, and the second was a pre-session on Canada in Geneva, which precedes the upcoming review of the…
Last night, after much effort and support, Bill C-400 for a national housing strategy was defeated by a vote of 153 to 129. To read the hansard from last night and see which MPs voted in favour click here. Many…
On behalf of the Conservative government, Tony Clement has spoken out against C-400 calling it a “dangerous new NDP spending scheme” for more social housing. This is a completely false characterization of Bill C-400. Let’s be very clear: 1) Bill…
Tomorrow is “V-day” – the day that Members of Parliament vote on a bill for a national housing strategy. Known as Bill C-400, this bill has been around the block through parliament before (formerly known as C-304 under the previous…