Resources
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Investing in Human Rights: The Federal Housing Advocate’s 2025–2026 Annual Report to the Minister
In her annual report, Canada’s Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle released a set of recommendations to the federal government to better incorporate human rights into housing initiatives. The annual report and...
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Review Panel Hearing on the Lack of Accessible Housing in Canada: Written Representations of the Federal Housing Advocate
Version française Since her appointment in 2022, the Federal Housing Advocate has heard consistently from the disability community that there is a crisis of accessible housing in Canada that requires...
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Rights-Based Intergovernmental Agreements for the Next National Housing Strategy
Passer à la version française This report aims to help guide the creation of both multilateral and bilateral agreements between the federal government and the provinces, territories, municipalities, regional bodies,...
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A Rights-Based Approach to the Canada Housing Benefit
Passer à la version française The Canada Housing Benefit, introduced in 2017, is a key program within the National Housing Strategy that was meant to temporarily bridge the gap between...
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Building Homes, Upholding Rights: A Human Rights Approach to Housing Agreements
Passer à la version française This report makes an argument for attaching rights-based conditions to federal housing funds in a model known as contractual federalism. This would be similar to...