Week in Review: September 19, 2025

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

From ECOHH’s social media

• Mayoral forum with focus on not-for-profit activities in the community

• The House Color That Tells You a Neighborhood Is Gentrifying

• Canadian Centre for Housing Rights submission about the upcoming federal budget

• AB government funding for George Spady Society

• Emergency shelter for people who are homeless

Relevant housing news 

• Rising Tenant-Led Movement Aims to Bring Down Corporate Landlords

• PM announces former Toronto councillor to head up new homebuilding agency

• Edmonton city council passes motion to keep affordable housing in Riverdale

• ‘Street Sweeps’ Increase Overdose and Violence Risks, Study Finds

• Ottawa mayor promises to end youth homelessness in the city by 2030

• City council seeks to shrink 2 Edmonton homeless shelters but create more facilities

• City opens new Holyrood supporting housing units

• You'd need to make about $27 an hour to afford a 1-bedroom apartment in Halifax

• Unusual homeless encampment in Vernon draws a lot of attention

• Can Canada’s housing minister make homes cheaper?

• Housing expert explains how to prevent climbing homelessness numbers

• Fox News host apologizes for remarks about killing mentally ill homeless people

• Homeless encampment residents demand ‘permanent housing solutions’ in exchange for leaving park

• New Brunswick homelessness task force ‘excellent news’ for affordable housing advocate

• Housing crisis represents loss of $4.2 billion for Quebec economy

• ‘Give them a spot and leave them alone’: Saskatoon homeless encampment cleared amid safety concerns

• Saskatchewan seeing an increase in rent, according to new report

• Protesters say no to Quebec’s proposed rent increase formula

• Barrie encampment dismantlement and crime

• Will "Build Canada Homes" End Homelessness?

• Tenants in Yellowknife building given less than 30 days to vacate

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