Author ORCID Identifier
Estair Van Wagner: 0000-0002-5128-1362
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2022
Source Publication
Flynn, A., Hermer, J., Leblanc, C., MacDonald, S-A., Schwan, K., Van Wagner, E. 2022. Overview of Encampments Across Canada: A Right to Housing Approach. The Office of the Federal Housing Advocate.
Publisher
The Office of the Federal Housing Advocate.
City
Ottawa
Abstract
Homeless encampments constitute one of the most serious right-to-housing issues in Canada today. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of shelter spaces decreased, indoor congregate settings became increasingly unsafe, and individuals lost their livelihoods. This has led to a rise in homeless encampments across the country. The lack of comprehensive data on this urgent crisis is distressing. Even so, we know that many individuals had little choice but to turn to living in tents or informal shelters to survive the confluence of historic crises in health, housing, climate change, colonial violence, and unemployment. As articulated by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, encampments represent, “instances of both human rights violations of those who are forced to rely on them for their homes, as well as human rights claims, advanced in response to violations of the right to housing.”
Repository Citation
Flynn, Alexandra; Herner, Joe; Leblanc, Caroline; MacDonald, Sue-Ann; Schwan, Kaitlin; and Van Wagner, Estair, "Overview of Encampments Across Canada: A Right to Housing Approach" (Ottawa: The Office of the Federal Housing Advocate., 2022). Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents. Paper 243.
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/reports/243
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