CONTENT NOTE: This article contains mention of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, you can call or text Canada’s 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline. Key Takeaways for Communities Community entities and ƹapp system planners play an essential role in identifying the current and projected number of supportive and affordable housing units that will be … More
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Going into Budget 2026, Canada is facing a serious housing and ƹapp crisis. Overall ƹapp has doubled, and unsheltered ƹapp has increased by 300% since 2018, according to the latest national point-in-time count. Budget 2026 is a critical moment for the federal government to take the next step towards realizing … More
The federal government released its Spring Economic Update this week, focusing on their plan to build Canada’s economy. Against the backdrop of heightened unaffordability, ongoing housing pressures, and a precarious global economic environment, this Spring Economic Update identifies housing as a key pillar of the government’s approach to support Canadians. On housing and ƹapp, the update included: … More
*Content note: This story contains mention of suicide. At first, it was anecdotal. Emergency shelter workers across the Niagara region noticing a few more seniors showing up at night, without anywhere else to go. Then, the By-Name Data — a list of all people actively experiencing ƹapp in the region — confirmed it. Seniors now represent 15 per cent … More
One-year program will help reduce ƹapp and prevent evictions through community partnerships Sault Ste. Marie, ON – April 7, 2026: The District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board (DSSAB) is launching a new initiative through the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH)’s Homelessness Reduction Innovation Fund (HRIF) to help keep more people in our community … More
When Marie Morrison first started her career in the ƹapp sector, no one had heard of By-Name Data or Coordinated Access — two fundamental elements now considered essential in the work to end ƹapp. Housing First wasn’t a term yet coined. To say the sector’s approach has shifted since then would be a remarkable understatement. “We can fairly say Marie has helped revolutionize Canada’s response to … More
St. John’s, NL, March 17, 2026 – The work to reduce ƹapp among people living with disabilities in Newfoundland and Labrador has taken a huge leap forward, thanks to a new project that will help shape the way communities across Canada support people experiencing ƹapp to find and maintain safe, affordable and accessible housing. In partnership with the Canadian … More
“This success story is not just about me. It’s about what becomes possible when people are given structure, compassion, and the opportunity to rebuild.” Those were the words of a newly moved-in resident, shared recently during the opening of a supportive housing unit in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. That’s 24 new homes for people experiencing chronic ƹapp … More
Nobody wants to be homeless. Given the choice, no one would choose to live in a tent, an encampment, or on the streets — especially not during the frigid Canadian winters. Yet ƹapp, especially unsheltered ƹapp, is surging across the country. Since 2018, unsheltered ƹapp has increased by 300%, according … More
As temperatures plunged below –30 C in the winter of 2023-24, something extraordinary happened in Thunder Bay, on the northern shore of Lake Superior. Nearly everyone living in encampments was brought in from the cold, temporarily housed in hotels for the winter. “There were people dying outside. Overdosing outside. There were … More