Week in Review: February 6, 2026

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

Relevant housing news 

• 'Dictates homelessness': Housing cost, poverty linked, former Calgary councillor tells Edmonton crowd

• Same Shelter, Unequal Outcomes Why Black Guests Still Face Barriers to Housing

• Press Restrictions During Vancouver Decampment Violated Human Rights: Report

• Advocates say province's income assistance program has tripled the number of homeless

• Ottawa wants to get banks, pension funds involved in affordable housing: minister

• Grocery prices top housing as Canadians’ biggest cost concern: Nanos

• Regina YWCA launches new housing for youth leaving care

• Some people in rural N.S. believe shelters attract more homelessness. These numbers suggest otherwise

• Sask. housing shortage continues across cities and rural areas

• Many homeless people return to the ER after being discharged. This program hopes to change that

• Housing instability in New Brunswick

• N’Swakamok Indigenous Friendship Centre donates ice huts to Sudbury homeless

• Homelessness in Canada's smaller communities

• Manitoba needs to fund safe housing for women, gender diverse people, advocates say

• Increased demand prompts N.S. to top up housing assistance program

• Government tables bill giving Build Canada Homes land acquisition power

• Student housing difficult to find in Kingston

• Another modular housing project opens in Montreal. But the mayor wants to go faster

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