Week in Review: August 29, 2025

Here’s a roundup of housing news and issues that we noticed this week:

From ECOHH’s social media

• Housing is too expensive, but at least Edmonton did not make this list - Mapped: The World’s Most Unaffordable Housing Markets

• An Indigenous women's group in Northern Ontario is building a modular housing factory to support better housing for First Nations in that province.

• Right at Home Housing Society is announcing an open house to discuss their proposed affordable housing development on the Kiniski Gardens former surplus school site.

• Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations is holding an online event to Gossip about Politics with Friends.

• The Mustard Seed held a ceremony on August 27 to decommission the church on 96th Street in Edmonton that served the Boyle Street area for over 40 years.

• University of Alberta PhD student Adila Mehjebin is researching housing and migrant workers and is seeking interviewees.

  
  

Relevant housing news 

• City Council approves major deal with Oilers Entertainment Group and province that is full of promises, but not everybody agrees - https://globalnews.ca/news/11351407/edmonton-city-council-deal-ice-district-event-park-oeg/

• Social Impacts of Arena Construction in Edmonton – in light of the City of Edmonton’s recent approval of another Katz Entertainment Group project in downtown Edmonton, perhaps it’s worthwhile to revisit the challenges the original arena development posed for people seeking some guarantee for community benefits - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01937235221094063

• Lloyd lacking as Alberta expands Edmonton’s homeless hub

• Latest Winnipeg street census suggests homelessness at highest point in past decade

• Regina to review encampment strategy, potential locations for designated sites

• 2 Indigenous-led programs in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside face provincial funding cut

• Tents line Barrie’s downtown amid homeless crisis

As always, we recommend checking out these sources for additional information on housing and homelessness

• Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) 

• Canadian Centre for Housing Rights

• Canadian Housing & Renewal Association (CHRA) 

• Federal Housing Advocate

• Homeless Hub (Canadian Observatory on Homelessness) 

• Homeward Trust 

• Housing Complex  

• Make the Shift   

• National Right to Housing Network (NRHN)  

• Social Housing & Human Rights (SHHR) 

• Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network