British Columbia is facing a housing crisis of unprecedented proportions, and the brunt of this crisis is borne by the 1.5 million British Columbians who rent their homes.

Given the intersectional, complex nature of poverty as a structure in Canada, our submission to the 2027 Federal Budget calls for meaningful investment across the social safety net and collaboration between all levels of government.

The well-being of our province depends on the well-being of our social safety net.

Pitting investment in the adequacy of existing supportive housing against the possibility of new development is a false choice. We need both.

Following successful motions in nine municipalities earlier this spring, the Union of BC Municipalities will call on the Government of British Columbia to formally legislate housing as a human right. The motion at the 2025 UBCM overwhelmingly passed.

Allowing livable spaces to sit empty during a housing crisis is impractical and uneconomical.

Investing in childcare, non-market housing, and increasing social assistance rates are recommendations rooted in dignity and the vision for a province without poverty.

Vancouver, Burnaby, Victoria and seven more councils join ranks, call on the Province to legislate housing as a human right.

Economic injustice and inequalities faced by women and gender-diverse people go hand-in-hand with the barriers to accessing adequate housing.

Providing access to dignified, culturally relevant, and adequate housing along the spectrum of need is a much-needed intervention into how we respond to encampments.

The province must reclaim its central role in shaping housing as a public good.

We must enact stronger tenant protections, such as vacancy control, to stop the injustice of profit-driven displacement.

SRO Vacancy control is needed, and it is needed now.

From the Tyee

A group of community, advocacy and legal organizations are calling on both municipal and provincial leadership in British Columbia to use all available...