Tim Richter 🇺🇦🇨🇦

@Jeff_Schlemmer_ This project is actually Bridge Housing designed to support moving people in unsheltered homelessness with complex needs into permanent housing rapidly. It’s a pilot of a rapid housing response for unsheltered homelessness we hope to see scaled across the country

One thing Simcoe County is doing right. Using cheap remote workplace prefab housing to house homeless folks. Though even now they don't grasp that these won't be transitional housing. This is unfortunately all we are willing to afford to permanently house our 85,000 homeless Ontarians (projected to grow to over 200,000 by AMO). Fortunately homeless folks don't mind them. (The best run model is Kitchener's "A Better Tent City".) barrietoday.com/local-news/occ… @BarrieToday @simcoecounty @timrichter

“We’re all Canadian now.” Rousing @StephenMarche op-ed in @nytimes - read it to the end. nytimes.com/2026/02/06/opi… via @NYTOpinion #cdnpoli

New essay from Tim Richter and me in the Globe @MarkJCarney has set the right national goals and has an ambitious agenda to fix housing and homelessness. But it won’t work if provinces aren’t forced to the table. Time for Canada Housing Accord #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…

Excellent piece by @tylermeredith in the Globe today, calling for what many have been saying for a long time: We need the federal government to push the provinces (especially Ontario & BC) to fix their housing, land, municipal, and planning systems. Ontario under Ford has spent nearly a decade shifting the blame to the Feds or local councils for what is largely a provincial responsibility. We can’t keep poking at this; serious housing reform is needed. If there was serious effort at a national accord here, I would support it. But even without one, the Feds need to apply pressure to Ontario and BC specifically to change.

On Sunday @MarkJCarney @gregorrobertson launched an audacious vision for Build Canada Homes. This is a historic time for housing policy in Canada. Next week Carolyn Whitzman, me and Alan Broadbent will talk how to build affordable housing at scale @CANURB Register (free): us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #cdnpoli

Key findings of a recent US study on homeless encampments: -Sweeps increase both mortality & spending -Providing housing saves lives pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40577017/ #EndHomelessness

Preventing homelessness is more cost-effective than dealing with the issue after the fact. This requires knowing who is at imminent risk of losing their housing. That is what he Homelessness Income Cut Off (HICO) does. @policy_school @calgaryhomeless homelesshub.ca/blog/2025/home…

Just in time for your weekend listening — today @MikePMoffatt @ronmortgageguy and I recorded a Housing Policy @TheHerleBurly Pod that will be up soon. There is some agreement. And some arguing. #cdnpoli #BuildCanadaHomes

City count of Torontonians experiencing homelessness has more than doubled from 2021 trib.al/X863911

Now we’ll have a federal housing Minister with proven leadership on homelessness paired with a hard charging PM @MarkJCarney determined to solve the housing crisis. Big things are possible.

This is very encouraging news! @gregorrobertson showed real passion & leadership on ending homelessness as Vancouver mayor but was left hanging by the province and Feds at the time ctvnews.ca/politics/artic…. 1/

An excellent letter from the brilliant @homeless_law to @fordnation on Bill 6. Policies that criminalize homelessness fail to address encampments or community safety. Kudos @Diana_C_McNally for bringing this forward

Want to send a message to @fordnation and the Ontario government? Help us tell them that Ontarians need housing — not punishment. That we want a government that protects us from Trump instead of acting like Trump. Sign and share our petition now: tinyurl.com/RescindBill6

Since 2004, no other G7 country has seen housing affordability deteriorate at the levels seen in Canada:

The rising cost of living, unpredictable mortgage rates, unaffordable rents, rising home prices, and not enough homes, mean more and more Canadians are falling behind. The Housing Canada Coalition stands ready to partner with the new government on solutions to #EndTheHousingGame – for good. Read our #elxn45 response: crea.ca/media-hub/news… @CAEHomelessness @CHRA_ACHRU @HabitatCanada

The solution to homelessness is housing. This is why we're one of over 60 organizations who have joined the Encampment Justice Coalition. Together, we're asking Ontario to rescind Bill 6, the Safer Municipalities Act: tinyurl.com/EJC-Bill6

Today, I released a letter, signed by 67 organizations working across Ontario, asking @fordnation to rescind Bill 6. We can't adopt Trumpian policies to punish encampments; people need proven solutions — especially housing. Read our letter: tinyurl.com/EJC-Bill6

When Ford and Poilievre talk about criminalizing encampments, and conflate "addiction" with homelessness, know that this rhetoric comes from the billionaire-owned American think tank the Cicero Institute, whose policies have been adopted by Donald Trump. npr.org/2024/05/20/125…

Voting is a right, but not always accessible. Without ID or a fixed address, it’s tough for individuals experiencing homelessness. Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness @CAEHomelessness has a guide to help. Swipe for key tips and visit ow.ly/FBTx50VCL35 to learn more.

Our housing system is an unfair game stacked against Canadians. As part of the Housing Canada Coalition alongside @CAEHomelessness, @HabitatCanada, and @CHRA_ACHRU, we’ve launched an advocacy campaign that aims to protect Canadians and build a housing system that works for everyone. Are you ready to #EndTheHousingGame this federal election? endthehousinggame.ca/crea-signup