Federal Housing Advocate | Canadian Human Rights Commission

Canada's new homes can be both affordable and accessible

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Statements

2025-11-21

On National Housing Day, the Federal Housing Advocate and Canada’s Accessibility Commissioner call for urgent action to ensure that every person in Canada — regardless of who they are, their background, or their ability — has access to affordable and accessible housing.

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Using the right tools to advance the right to housing

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Speeches

Housing

2025-10-27

The Federal Housing Advocate’s speech at the Collectif québécois pour la prévention de l'itinérance (Quebec collective for preventing homelessness) conference titled L’itinérance, le logement et la loi (Homelessness, housing, and the law).

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A housing framework that leaves no one behind

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Speeches

Housing

2025-10-17

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Monitoring the right to adequate housing for people with disabilities: Summary of outcome indicator results

About the publication

The Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate have collaborated to monitor the right to adequate housing for people with disabilities in Canada.

National Monitoring Mechanism

Reports

03/10/2025

9780660779027

HR4-122/1-2025E-PDF