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Coming Together: Collective Living and Homelessness Amongst Criminalized People
At every step of the criminal justice system, relationships between criminalized people are seen as threats, as sources of crime. However, this article argues that relationships between criminalized people can...
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Security of Tenure in Canada: Summary Report
La version française suit la version anglaise. This report is part of a series of reports commissioned by the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate. See the full series here: homelesshub.ca/resource/security-tenure-reports...
Latest Blog
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Research
Steps Towards Indigenous-Led Coordinated Access in London, Ontario
In a report published in March 2025, the Action Research on Chronic Homelessness (ARCH) team from Atlohsa Family Healing Services in London, Ontario, shared a series of recommendations about how...
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Research
Preventing Homelessness Among Post-Secondary Students
Precarity among college and university students is so widespread that it is often talked about as a rite of passage. But post-secondary homelessness and housing insecurity come with a real...
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General
Better Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions Get Better Results
Collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) is increasingly common in the homeless sector: during program intakes, on employment equity surveys, and as part of point-in-time (PiT) homeless...
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Prevention Matters!
Building Homes Together: Homelessness Prevention With Indigenous Women
October is Women’s History Month in Canada, and to mark it this year, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness organized an online discussion about the Alternative Builds program. Alternative Builds is...
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General
Métis Housing Need in Saskatchewan
Although Indigenous Peoples across Canada experience housing need at a disproportionate rate, what this means specifically varies from community to community. Recently, the Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, and the...
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General
Media Matters: Avoiding Silver Bullet Responses to Homelessness
In our second edition of the Media Matters blog series, we explore the appeal and shortcomings of silver bullet solutions for tackling homelessness. These quick fixes often offer immediate relief...