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On Responding to Airbnb

In 2016, UNITE HERE’s Local 75 filled Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church with more than 600…

Tent of a person experiencing homelessness

Why A National Housing Strategy?

For many Canadians, the increasing number of people living on the streets, in shelters, or…

Ready and Waiting: it’s time for a rights-based housing strategy in Canada

It could be the moment we’ve been waiting for. This week – and in the…

Bill 184 in Ontario threatens the housing stability of tenants

Imagine Losing Your Home

Imagine that the Sheriff is coming to your home to forcibly remove you and your…

Rent Strike vs. Gentrification

Renters in cities around the world are under pressure from the market. There is big…

Make Room for Everyone: How Mississauga is Failing Lower Income Households

Mississauga has an affordable housing crisis, where for many people in the city the option…

Bed made of cartons on the street

Mind the Gap: Repairing Canada’s Social Safety Net with Human Rights

4.8 million people in this country live in poverty. At least 235,000 are homeless. Poverty…

Preventing homelessness by preventing eviction

This post was written by Tracy Heffernan and Emily Paradis Though few evictions end in…