Housing affordability has emerged as the most challenging social policy issue facing Canada. Housing unaffordability is associated with numerous negative economic and social effects on households, including increased debt burden, lower educational attainment, worsened nutrition and increased risk of eviction and homelessness.Housing unaffordability and homelessness is concentrated in Canada’s major urban centres, and disproportionately experienced by Indigenous and recent immigrant households. All sources report the problem is intensifying, fuelled by the takeoff of housing costs in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. Five policies proposed by Safe at Home are discussed and attempt to find synergies with the rapid development of major urban centres and government programs.