Week in Review: December 5, 2025

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

From ECOHH’s social media

• Seattle replaced tent cities with something revolutionary—tiny house villages where homeless individuals get their own lockable 8x12 foot homes.

• News release from federal housing advocate about encampments report

• While Edmonton continues a vigorous, dangerous, and cruel policy of "moving on" anyone who has a presence that even remotely resembles an "encampment", the federal housing advocate has issued a new report about the need to invest in humane and just approaches to people living in informal settings

Relevant housing news 

• Boyle Street Community Services is hosting a grand open house for okimaw peyesew kamik (King Thunderbird Centre). RSVP here.

• Homeownership out of reach? Let's fix that!

• The temples aren't doomed: How churches can help tackle Edmonton's housing crisis

• Housing hard to find for encampment residents

• Calgary renews programs, awareness as homeless face dire challenges of winter

• Prairie Harm Reduction says record homeless count confirms community services are ‘overextended’

• Building better homes key to fixing Indigenous housing crisis, says report

• Penticton, B.C., councillors reject tiny homes to address homelessness 

• Kelowna tiny home success rate lower than mayor claims, B.C. Housing numbers reveal

• As funding sources shrink, so could London's homeless response

• Living situation for elder in Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T. reflects the community's housing crisis

• Checking in on Fredericton's homeless shelters

• Saskatoon fire department to tear down homeless encampments, citing safety concerns

• People with disabilities are at greater risk of food insecurity

• City provides update on ‘micro-shelter’ plan for housing homeless

• Saskatoon rejects calls for designated encampment areas for city’s homeless

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