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There’s a monopoly on home construction screwing over America. The biggest builders work with Wall St. to maximize profits, at the expense of everyone who wa...

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With perspectives from landlords and tenants, the studies featured here lay the groundwork for understanding evictions in America.

A recent study shows how evictions raise community health risks, underscoring the need for stronger tenant protections and eviction prevention programs.

Explore how Fred Victor is addressing the crucial link between affordable housing and community health in Toronto. Learn more.

This CMHC Research Insight highlights how those living with health conditions are at increased risk of facing an eviction worsens health. Findings show the need for housing and health supports.

There are a few purpose built rentals (PBR) aka all rental buildings. Some do advertise on the rental sites, however some do not. The demand is so...

Live-streamed July 28, 2025. Author Brian Goldstone discuss the staggering difference between official homelessness numbers and the real scope of the crisis...

Corporate developers and landlords have spent decades turning housing into a profit machine. And when the crisis gets worse, they deflect blame onto immigrants, red tape — anyone but themselves. So we're taking them out of the shadows and exposing them. We're launching a deep investigation into Canada's housing villains — who they are, how they got so rich, and how they've shaped housing policy to benefit themselves.

Even if we double home building, buying a house is expected to become less affordable for nearly half the country

Everything you need to know about Build Canada Homes, a new federal agency responsible for affordable housing development across the country.

The Liberal government’s new federal affordable housing agency is relying on an outdated and faulty playbook. Details for Build Canada Homes (BCH) show a plan to use public-private partnerships (P3s) that invites real estate developers and investors to profit from public housing spending.

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How long can tenants afford to wait for city to act, ask advocates.

One quarter of residents in the French capital now live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive effort to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city.

With rising rents and house prices making it increasingly harder to find a place to live, some are pointing the finger at Canada's record-level immigration rates.

The city of renters has spoken decisively in a referendum that could have a huge impact not just in Germany’s capital but across Europe.

As if life for renters isn't hellish enough

Homelessness has risen sharply since 2023, new data show. The research is clear: rental assistance promotes housing stability and is

The largest tenant union in the country is responding quickly and passionately to the devastation of the Los Angeles fires. The LA Tenants Union is demanding not just enforcement of existing California protections against price gouging of rental homes, but a moratorium on evictions and a rent freeze, all while tenants are coming together with heroic levels of mutual aid. But these steps will only mitigate a perpetual struggle, as union co-founders Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis write in their new book “Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis.” “Why do tenants wake up every month and have to pay rent?” they ask.

Dismissing Canada’s rental crisis as nothing but a supply-demand issue overlooks the fact that a small group of landlords dominates the rental market and exploits tenants. As rents become extortionate, Canadian landlords are reaping record profits.