Week in Review: October 10, 2025

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

From ECOHH’s social media

• Election is in full speed now: candidates at our doors, big mayoral forum today, advance polls open. Be sure to use this good ECOHH information to ask if candidates are prepared to take strong action to end homelessness & increase supply of adequate affordable housing.

• A German startup has invented a backpack that unfolds into a weatherproof bed with solar power for homeless people, including thermal insulation, LED lights, and phone charging ports.

Relevant housing news 

• Fewer drop-in spaces mean Edmonton's homeless have nowhere to go in the morning

• Tenants Launch US’s First Ever Rent Debt Strike Against Corporate Landlord

• Researchers look into what supports are needed by drug users in Edmonton

• Tenants rights groups calling for rent freeze in Quebec

• B.C. homeless count shows rising numbers in 12 of 20 communities surveyed

• The business case for non-profit housing – why building affordable is more than ‘helping the poor’

• How big is the need for affordable housing in Edmonton?

• Affordable housing from a provincial perspective

• Extended winter hours to help Sudbury’s homeless

• Concerns raised after news to relocate Moose Jaw’s homeless shelter

• N.B. homelessness advocate says wraparound services key to successful supportive housing

• Saskatoon unveils plan to tackle homelessness and housing affordability

• Do you feel like rents are dropping? We asked Vancouverites

• As Barrie, Ont., moves to clear encampments, some people say they have nowhere to go

• Alberta city that once claimed to end homelessness faces winter without daytime shelter

• Moncton rooming house slated for demolition as demand for affordable rent grows

• N.B. Housing says turnover of public units not as slow as report suggests, but can't prove it

• Montreal municipal election: do we need to rethink new housing?

• ‘Everybody’s a person’: Montreal’s encampments and the municipal election

• What happened after the eviction?

• Lot's of condos, but not enough housing - we'll speak with Aryze Developments about the need to build housing for families

• Micro shelter plan passes first hurdle with ease despite concerns over timing

• Halifax house prices much higher on average than what households can afford: report

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