Week in Review: November 28, 2025

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

From ECOHH’s social media

• Supportive housing 101

• NigiNan's approach to addressing homelessness

• Analysis of shortcomings of the federal budget in relation to housing

• Review Panel Reports on the Right to Safe, Adequate and Affordable Housing for Women, Two Spirit, Trans, and Gender-Diverse People

• Finland designed entire apartment blocks for the homeless where rent adjusts to income and jobs are found first

• City of Edmonton announces housing projects, some of it affordable, on 10 former surplus school sites

• Reannouncement notice for federal-provincial money for undefined affordable housing

• Alberta's recent Speech from the Throne had not a word about housing security but in Manitoba better rent security is promised as part of its throne speech. Premier Wab Kinew promised new rules to stop “unfair” rent increases and strengthen renters’ rights.

  • “When we introduce this bill, I’m thinking it’s going to be a good balance of ensuring landlords are going to get what they need to be able to keep up the investments (in their properties), but you, the person paying the rent, are going to be able to have greater clarity that we’ll have something closer to real rent control in Manitoba,” he said.

• We persist! National Housing Day 2025 is over. Edmonton still has a huge deficit of non-market rental housing, supportive housing, diverse safe & healthy temporary shelter options, income support payments that enable renting adequate shelter, and community mental health services. Edmonton still has thousands of people suffering homelessness and all the human and economic costs involved. ECOHH held a rally yesterday to call for provincial investment in these things. Direct contact with the premier and other elected leaders needs to continue every day, demanding action. Get involved with ECOHH and be a part of this advocacy.

Relevant housing news 

• Federal advocates call for accessible housing alongside affordability push

• Waitlists for affordable housing in Calgary surging

• Lack of housing a hurdle in plan to clean up encampments

• Homelessness in St. John’s has tripled in the last 3 years, says advocate

• From shelters to tiny homes, these are the levels of supportive housing

• Cost of living key factor driving up homelessness numbers, Saskatoon advocates say

• The state of homelessness in Halifax

• Pressure on renters higher in N.S. than any other province, analysis finds

• Ford tells protesters to 'go find a job' as controversial housing bill passes at Queen's Park

• ‘Cash for keys’ offers are making people homeless, say housing advocates in northern Ontario

• Working ... but homeless in London

• A disabilities advocate wants future housing developments to keep universal design standards in mind

• 3-bedroom unit for under $1,000 a month? How co-op housing works

• New funding may reignite interest in housing co-ops

• Montreal borough cites miscommunication after homeless encampment bulldozed

• Homeless population still rising in Saskatoon

• Sask. NDP pushes for rent control as province leads nation in increases

• Montreal developers ready to build 2,500 social housing units to fight homelessness

  
  

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