Blogs - Housing

Squatter City Blog is a blog about squatters and squatter cities around the world written by a New York-based writer who spent two years living in squatter communities in four continents.

Homelessness, Housing, International

Abandonment Issues is a Toronto-based coalition of housing activists fighting to get abandoned and underutilized buildings and spaces in the city turned into affordable housing.

Homelessness, Housing, Ontario

David Eby is a lawyer with the PIVOT Legal Society in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. His work is focused on housing, policing, and poverty.

Homelessness, Housing, Legal Research, Poverty Research, British Columbia

Wellesley Institute Blog is a blog for the Toronto based institute with news, reports and research on health, housing and other poverty issues.

Health, Housing, Poverty Research, All of Canada

This blog provides news and commentary on ending homelessness and expanding supportive housing in New Jersery, USA.

Homelessness, Housing, United States

"I've been a street nurse in Toronto for 15 years. In the spring of 2004 I received the Atkinson Economic Justice Award which permits me to pursue, for up to three years, my passions for nursing and working on homelessness and housing issues. In this newsletter I hope to report on my activities, create a link to a broader group of individuals who care about these social issues and encourage...

Homelessness, Housing, Ontario

The Mainlander is a Metro Vancouver online publication dedicated to the coverage of municipal politics, housing and homelessness, policing, arts and culture and more.

The Mainlander aims to:

  • provide historical context for breaking news.
  • unpack politicians’ spin, and provide background information needed to hold them accountable.
  • dig up facts that may be of...
Government Policy, Homelessness, Housing, Media, British Columbia

Residential Tenancy Law in British Columbia: Everything you need to know to prevent a disaster lays out, in 37 chapters, the common law, the legislation and the Rules of Procedure which landlords and tenants need to know to prevent a disaster – not just during the tenancy, but also in dispute resolution proceedings.

The site also has a blog that clarifies residential tenancy...

Housing, Legal Info (PLEI), residential tenancy law, Tenants' Rights, British Columbia

The Right to Housing Blog documents the Right to Adequate Housing Charter Challenge. The court is being asked to declare that homelessness and inadequate housing violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and that the government must develop a national and provincial strategy to end homelessness.

charter challenge, Homelessness, Housing, right to housing, Ontario, All of Canada