One of the ways CPJ is continuing our advocacy for the right to housing is by making a submission to the National Housing Councilâs review of âthe Financialization of Purpose-Built Rental Housing.â The Federal Housing Advocate called for the review and will look at “the growing dominance of financial actors in the housing sector, which…
An influx of refugee claimants from the U.S. has been making headlines for over a year now. Since the beginning of 2018, the RCMP has intercepted 12,378 irregular border crossers. These numbers, however, are actually down compared to the same period last year and are much lower than initial projections. So why have politicians drawn a connection between refugees and a housing crisis?
The urgent need for a long-term, well funded National Housing Strategy is clear. Over one in four households (27 per cent in 2010) spend between 30-50 per cent of after tax income on housing. 235,000 people in Canada experience homelessness each year, less than 20 per cent of whom end up on the street, while the rest are part of the “hidden homeless.”