Week in Review: February 27, 2026

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

Summary of events we attended

• National Series on Police Oversight, Legal Change, and System Transformation: Strengthening Oversight in Alberta.

  • Nazret attended this event on behalf of ECOHH. Session slides and recording can be found here.

From ECOHH’s social media

• The Evidence Is In: Youth Homelessness Prevention Works! March 5 webinar

• New review panel on accessible housing invites input

• ECOHH & Earth’s Refillery present: Push: The Film

Relevant housing news 

• Brain injury is almost 10 times more common in unhoused people. Addressing it is key to reducing homelessness

• Slaying myths about income support

• A Burnaby Supportive Housing Project Goes Down

• Why renters in rural Alberta communities are having trouble finding an apartment

• Proposal for new permanent homeless shelter sparks concern from Red Deer residents

• New outreach model aims to centralize homeless and addictions services

• Montreal promises new approach to homeless with encampment ‘tolerance zones’

• Montreal hopes to get more affordable housing built, by requiring less of it

• Housing affordability challenges remain despite recent improvements: CMHC

• Lakeshore opts to stay in their ‘own lane’ over social housing

• Vancouver councillor withdraws supportive housing motion after ‘misinformation campaign’ 

• Mayor, councillor spar over cost of homeless hubs

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