Such an important petition to sign onto!

Our Network is at the forefront in the fight for adequate housing for all 🏠It's not too late to donate before the end of the year & claim your tax credits! ✅Every dollar raised will expand our Network & support #Housing as a human right in Canada: caeh.nationbuilder.com/nrhn_donations

This morning, NRHN’s National Director, Michele Biss, was featured on CBC to discuss the devastating impacts of the rising cost of living + the rights-based solutions needed to address Canada’s deepening housing and homelessness crisis. Watch it here: main.mp4.cbc.ca/prodVideo/news…

Massive victory for @rightsnova in their successful human rights challenge to inadequate social assistance to live independently in the community as per #CRPD, #righttohousing & #equalityrights. After NS Crt of Appeal found systemic violation <canlii.ca/t/jjg28> they've ..

Join us today at 12 PM EST for the second roundtable discussion "Holding governments to account: legal and policy levers for ending poverty." You won't want to miss this incredible line-up of panelists! #endpoverty #Agenda2030 SALCO Sahar Raza (she/her) First Nations Family Advocate Office National Right to Housing Network

CAEH and SCATEH have set up a tool to help send a letter to #Barrie City Council and denounce the cruel by-law which would make it an offence to help people experiencing homelessness. Send a letter ⬇️ action.caeh.ca/barrie

❗NEWS: #Barrie is set to pass a by-law that would prohibit the distribution of tents, food & groceries in public spaces w/o a permit. The Federal Housing Advocate (Office of the Federal Housing Advocate) has written an open letter to Mayor Alex Nuttal expressing concern: housingchrc.ca/en/open-letter…

So much wrong w/ The City of Barrie’s proposed bylaw. Further stigmatizes + discriminates vs. ppl experiencing homelessness; criminalizes charitable provision of necessities of life + abandons homeless ppl to a broken system. Read our #humanrights urgent note make-the-shift.org/wp-content/upl…

Big update, friends. The Busby Centre has agreed to move their outreach program from a waterfront parking lot, so council is expected to refer Bills 67 & 68 back to staff tonight, as the bylaw is no longer needed. Still processing this tbh, but we'll take the reprieve!

🔔NEW: Advancing the #Right2Housing requires community participation. 🔍In our latest report, we show how a $4.5M federal fund can resource more rights-holders & civil society to identify systemic housing issues & help craft solutions: housingrights.ca/resourcing-rig… #FundRightsHolders

The Federal Housing Advocate's new report on encampments is a historic moment for advancing the human right to housing in Canada. Concrete measures must be taken by all levels of govt to offer encampment residents adequate & permanent housing solutions as rapidly as possible.

Yesterday, the Federal Housing Advocate (Office of the Federal Housing Advocate) released her final report on encampments. This is an historic moment that shifts the focus to identifying encampments as a human rights crisis and residents as rights holders: housingchrc.ca/en/publication… A THREAD 🧵...

Fed Housing Advocate Office of the Federal Housing Advocate has pulled the alarm. Homeless encampments aren't just a local issue. Fed housing Minister Sean Fraser must roll up his sleeves + use fed spending + convening powers to create a plan to solve this. Read it here: housingchrc.ca/en/publication…

🏠 EXCITING NEWS: Help us fulfill Canada's promise to uphold housing as a human right for all! A generous donor has signed on to match your gift up to $10,000 for the next 2 months if you donate by July 1, 2024—doubling your impact! ✅Give today: loom.ly/iaELjQE

💡When referencing height measurements etched into a doorframe, a participant said: “To me, a world w/o evictions is being able to track measurement of time w/ my kids. To be safe & secure in permanent housing, to have an emotional connection with my home over time.” (2/3)⬇️

🚨NEW: We are happy to announce the launch the National Standards for Emergency Shelters across Canada! These Standards were developed to support emergency shelters in delivering services using a rights-based & gender-sensitive approach. Learn more here: loom.ly/TSu7Y7o

Doug Ford is being asked by Mayors to override the Charter of Rights & Freedoms to allow the forcible removal of unhoused ppl from their homes - which courts have said violates the right to life + security. Sign below to stop this dangerous overreach. chng.it/Jb9HbMcL7f

So proud to be part of this team fighting for housing justice—using human rights laws like the National Housing Strategy Act to end homelessness. Donations to National Right to Housing Network will be matched until December 31! #GivingTuesday2024

BREAKING: New legislation to regulate encampments has been drafted by Doug Ford. This legislation represents some of the most excessive overreach by the province — or any government — that I have ever seen in Canada. It will force municipalities to create an emergency

I have only just had confirmed that this Bill will *not* have regulations regarding encampments built into it. Instead, we will see legislation specific to encampments on Thursday.