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CEO & President of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Tim Richter, spoke earlier this week with Bryn Griffiths host of 630 CHED Afternoons on »Æ¹Ïapp, tent fires and the current rise in housing insecurity in Edmonton and across Canada. 

On the wave of »Æ¹Ïapp currently rising across the country, Tim Richter said: 

We’re seeing a wave of new »Æ¹Ïapp across the country. It really began during the pandemic and it has surged since then. We probably have between 260,000 to 300,000 Canadians experiencing »Æ¹Ïapp over the course of a year and that’s a good 30% higher than what it has been.

On the surprising demographics of the people who are experiencing »Æ¹Ïapp now: 

You see the demographic of »Æ¹Ïapp shifting as people are really being pushed out the bottom end of the rental housing market. It’s everything from people turning up at the Pearson airport in Toronto seeking asylum from somewhere else in the world to seniors being forced out of their homes to young people to Indigenous people.

On how Edmonton lost the progress it had made reducing »Æ¹Ïapp: 

Edmonton had the largest reduction of »Æ¹Ïapp of any major Canadian city, nearly 43% between 2009 and 2019. It was a stunning achievement. But that was largely erased since 2019 and the cost of living crisis.

Listen to the full audio for more revelations on what has led to the rise of »Æ¹Ïapp in Edmonton and how to counter »Æ¹Ïapp on