@nenshi Andrew Bond from @ICHA_Toronto warns that #NationalHousingStrategy will fail if health care and access to services not included. @doniveson adds that Rapid Housing Initiative was most effective in delivering permanent supportive housing where people can live in dignity

@nenshi asks whether the feds’ laser focus on increasing the supply of housing risks just increasing the supply of unaffordable housing, urges regulatory measures, inclusionary zoning.

Maxime Pednaud-Jobin points to acquisition of privately owned rental buildings by non-profits like land trusts

Alex Flynn adds that it’s not just about building new housing - govts need to preserve the affordable housing we already have through rent control and other regulatory measures

For households in the bottom quintile the only solution for affordable housing is government - we need to build the capacity of the non-market sector. @RomyBowers kicks off the housing discussion at #SOCC2023

22 Minutes digs into the housing crisis youtu.be/Wun1yVp6z2o?si… via @YouTube

We’re honoured that @HousingLogement will be joining us at this year’s Symposium. Ms. Houle will be leading a session focused on housing as a human right. 👊🎤🏠 We’re fortunate to have her join us during a critical time in Canada's housing crisis.

Canada has enshrined the human right to adequate housing. Governments must never cause harm to people because of disagreements about jurisdiction or failures of coordination. toronto.ctvnews.ca/canada-proving…

The egregious housing discrimination faced by African asylum seekers sleeping on streets exemplifies how government inaction contributes to tensions between equity-deserving groups. This situation has ignited convos re: how different groups of unhoused people are treated…

Systemic anti-Black racism is the ongoing underfunding & defunding of Black-led settlement, shelter, & housing services. It is decentring Black-led efforts, maintaining & restructuring barriers for securing permanent housing for and with Black communities. 2/2

MPP @SarahJama_ calling on yesterday’s #DisabilityPrideMarch crowd to direct their anger at the elected reps in the building in front of them who have the ability and power to change #ODSP & #OW income rates and policies. #TDPM #OntGov

Toronto’s shelter system is consistently over-capacity & a lack of support from the federal gov’t has left many asylum seekers with nowhere to go—forced to sleep outside. This is unacceptable. All levels of gov’t must step up to address this emergency. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

“Various levels of government bicker while human lives are used as political footballs” ⁦@Diana_C_McNally⁩ reminds the City, province and feds of their #HumanRights obligations to asylum seekers left to sleep on the sidewalk in one of the world’s richest cities/countries

still cannot believe we went from this to this

3/9 Too often, we forget that women identified as sex workers were among the first Chinese people targeted for exclusion in Canada. Before the Exclusion Act of 1923 banned almost all Chinese immigration, the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 had already banned,

Toronto, only a few hours left until polls close! This is our final chance to vote in the change we want to see. We need a Mayor who will work quickly to deliver the affordable housing our city urgently needs. Make your voice heard and vote!👇#TOpoli #TorontoMayor twitter.com/cityoftoronto/…

‼️ Reminder that the deadline is tomorrow ‼️ Make your voice heard! The Advocate’s #encampment review will include the stories of the people impacted by the conditions and the criminalization of #encampments.

Connect the dots! We're calling on mayoral candidates to invest in non-police responses to crisis and violence, and safe shelter and housing, so no one needs to shelter on #TTC. The TTC’s “Move Along” initiative is a disturbing plan to hide homelessness. 1 ttcriders.ca/movealong

Here’s another good one for fans of the Canada Housing Benefit: “Vouchers may appear cheaper in the short term, but directly financing well-regulated public and limited-profit construction is the only way to mitigate speculation and hedge against ever-increasing housing costs.”

“The problem with housing in [🇨🇦 ] is that it has been locked in as a means of building wealth, and building wealth is irreconcilable with affordability. The housing crisis in [🇨🇦] is proof.” My only quibble here is - you mean PERSONAL wealth. COMMUNITY wealth + affordability?✅

#Encampments are growing, and it's because of a spectacular failure to implement the right to housing. @McKelvieTO, you can't "prioritize" a humanitarian approach, then default to enforcement. A humanitarian approach means no enforcement. thestar.com/news/gta/2023/…

@Un_Caje @EN_NHC @HousingLogement Thanks for the question. I will track down your email and look into this.

“The spiral of overvaluation in housing, which makes the housing-haves rich and the have-nots desperately poor, has brought us to a point where only something radical can solve it.”Been waiting all week to read this and it doesn’t disappoint - just 💔 nytimes.com/2023/05/23/mag…

The smoke from wildfires today and extreme heat alerts this past week are a taste of what's to come with the climate crisis in the future and we know that it's working people and renters without AC who will bear the brunt of the heat and air quality.

Prof. Murtaza Haider from TMU addresses data gaps on people experiencing absolute and hidden #homelessness

Michelle McMaster from @HabitatCanada cites research showing $200k gain to local communities for each family securely housed in homes that are affordable, accessible, and suitable

Dr. Patricia Ocampo reminds us that housing and neighbourhoods are key social determinants of health. Calls for longitudinal data on precarious housing, and local data on neighbourhood changes like #gentrification

Panelist @CheryllCase shares history of Land Trust movement in US Black communities and the innovative work of her organization Partna

Housing nerds unite! So enjoying an IRL workshop on housing data presented by @StatCan_eng. Great to hear Chief Statistician Anil Arora conclude his opening remarks with #Right2Housing and the important question - how many compromises of this fundamental right can Canada accept?