Week in Review: July 25, 2025

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

From ECOHH’s social media

• Why is homelessness on the rise across Canada?

• From Incarceration to Encampment: Why So Many Ontario Prisoners End Up Homeless

Relevant housing news 

• Rent Control Is Fine, Actually

• ‘People are living in pretty dire circumstances’: Inclusion Alberta upset with province’s AISH rent increase

• How Do You Build Housing Fast Enough to End Homelessness?

• Ban homeless encampments beside major roadways, says Winnipeg city councillor

• Business association walks back opposition to Beverly Motel transitional housing project

• New report says N.L.'s community housing stock is far below national average

• He's not a federal offender, but for 4 years this N.B. man has lived in prison

• What Landlords Need to Help Tackle Homelessness

• Not just an urban issue: Alberta small town forms task force to address encampment

• Debate on forced mental health treatment continues as one woman's costs top $800K

• Should the government assist low-income people with air conditioning?

• Calgary non-profit expands support for young women facing homelessness

• Homeless advocate questions locked washrooms in Sudbury park

• San Francisco bans homeless people from living in RVs with new parking limit 

• New owners have big plans for ‘factory-built’ housing company

• ‘Substantial exposure’ to fentanyl smoke in B.C. supportive housing, report finds

• Federal housing advocate asks Waterloo Region to rethink its eviction plan for 100 Victoria

• Accessible housing hard to find for Grande Prairie residents displaced by apartment fire

• Could a rating system for rental units help Montreal tenants?

• Region's plan to clear Kitchener encampment raises concerns for federal housing advocate

• Building Homes Without Displacement in Winnipeg’s North End

• City hits housing target ahead of schedule

• Nova Scotia must double housing starts to restore pre-COVID affordability: report

• Ottawa doubles down on threat to reduce Toronto’s housing funding following sixplex vote

• Safe at Home Society is taking over operations of the Housing First building in downtown Whitehorse

• Dismantlement of homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street delayed until late August

• More homes needed to restore housing affordability: CMHC

• Tale of two cities: Why Edmonton builds homes faster than Toronto

• Ontario's proposed landlord drug liability law rattles supportive housing providers

• AISH recipients panicked over looming provincial deadline: health providers

• Rent and housing prices send Thunder Bay's inflation rate to 7th highest in Canada

• Landlords will need help if temperature law becomes reality, advocacy group says

• One year on: Jasper residents still waiting to rebuild after wildfire

• Pro-housing protesters who went from city hall to Beasley Park told to move on, again

• We ask Acadie-Annapolis MP about loss of funding for affordable housing project

• Councillor pushes for 'overnight camping' policy for Chatham homeless encampment

• N.W.T. gov't dissolves Fort Resolution's housing authority board, orders independent review

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