Affordable Housing

High housing costs are undermining economic growth in Canada, a new analysis by David Coletto, the founder of Abacus Data, says. As Canadians retire, he wrote, they typically reduce consumer spending, but in the past, that has been offset by spending by younger Canadians as they bought homes, renovated and furnished them and borrowed against … Read more

High housing costs are being driven by growing income inequality, a new study says. Prepared by a Canadian and three American professors, the study found that the cost of housing in the United States, owned or rented, rose as average per capita incomes rose since 1980. But income growth has been very concentrated among higher … Read more

Join representatives of the Canadian Labour Congress and the National Right to Housing Network on Tuesday March 31 at 1 p.m. online for a conversation about the ways that the federal government is addressing the housing crisis, with a focus on Build Canada Homes and the National Housing Strategy. Speakers are Lisa Freeman, Senior Researcher … Read more

Come out to hear noted author Ricardo Tranjan on March 29. Reserve your spot now.   In his provocative book The Tenant Class, Ricardo Tranjan challenged the idea that we’re experiencing a housing crisis. Clearly, a lot of people are struggling to afford housing, but that’s not unusual, as the word crisis implies. He argues … Read more

The city of Hamilton recorded its worst ever month for homelessness in January 2026, with 2,111 individuals known by city agencies to be homeless.  Even worse, the number of people who are chronically homeless—that is, homeless for more than six months—spiked to its highest level at 956. The longer someone is homeless, the more likely … Read more