This guide provides an in-depth overview of how we developed the framework to monitor the right to adequate housing for people with disabilities.
This submission is provided by the Accessibility Commissioner in response to a request by the Review Panel on the Lack of Accessible Housing in Canada. This review panel hearing comes at a pivotal moment, as governments are planning generational investments in housing.
In a report launched today, the Federal Housing Advocate is calling for new measures to better protect First Nations communities experiencing climate-driven emergencies and wildfires.
This report calls for new measures to better protect First Nations communities experiencing climate-driven emergencies and wildfires. The report points to systemic gaps in emergency responses that threaten the safety, dignity, and right to housing of First Nations communities.
The Federal Housing Advocate’s advice to the Minister, co-developed with the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights, on how human rights standards for supportive housing can help tackle homelessness and uphold dignity in Canada.
Recommendations released today in the Federal Housing Advocate’s annual report call for the federal government to better incorporate human rights into its housing initiatives.
To mark the launch of National AccessAbility Week, Christopher T. Sutton, Accessibility Commissioner, Charlotte-Anne Malischewski, Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, and Marie-Josée Houle, Federal Housing Advocate, issue the following statement.
The Federal Housing Advocate and Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission welcome the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s decision in The Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. Named Respondents and Persons Unknown (2026).
Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle’s remarks to the Forum of Ministers on Human Rights in May 2026