Week in Review: January 31, 2025

Here’s a roundup of housing news and issues that ECOHH noted this week:

From ECOHH’s social media

• Millionaire Marcel Lebrun Hopes to Combat Homelessness and Unemployment with 99 Tiny Homes 

• Duty to Assist: Paving a Path to Youth Homelessness Prevention in Winnipeg

• City of Edmonton inviting proposals for affordable housing grants

• We are not invisible: Innovative approaches to end homelessness, Slovakia

• Extreme Weather Response Activated Jan. 31, 9am - Feb. 15, 9am

Relevant housing news 

• There's No Place Like Home: Humanity and the Housing Crisis

• Parks Canada says 300 or more interim housing units for Jasper on the way

• Alberta urged to move ahead with publicly funded small care homes 

• Federal housing minister calls on Ontario to do more for social housing

• Ontario mayor warns against turning notorious Canadian prison into homes

• ‘Restore safety and order’: Ontario spending $75M to remove public encampments

• Edmonton took down 9,500 homeless camps last year — 40% more than in 2023

• Provincial support delays are hurting disabled Albertans and families, reports find

• Government cuts $500K in funding to Alberta disability organization

• Some Canadore College students will have much older roommates in a bid to expand housing

• Canadians finding homes too expensive in cities where they seek jobs, says housing agency

• Housing remains 'biggest issue' for women fleeing domestic violence, say front-line groups

• Herb Jamieson homeless shelter converts daytime beds to community space

• Atlanta rethinks clearing homeless camps after a man is crushed inside his tent

• Vancouver mayor plans freeze on new supportive housing in Downtown Eastside

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