While public and privately-led community and volunteer efforts to help Afghan refugees have been swift, some critics note the striking similarities in response between now and the Syrian refugee crisis of 2015-2016. They worry nothing has been done in the interim to address the structural barriers to finding adequate, affordable housing that immigrants and refugees systematically come up against.
View More Current Housing Crisis will Hobble Arriving Afghans for Years to Come
While investors in the housing and rental markets are making huge returns, racialized newcomers and immigrants are struggling to find stable, affordable housing, which is a human right.
View More Housing: A Boom for Investors, Inaccessible Bust for Newcomers
While skyrocketing home prices are making it hard for newcomers to buy a home, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some options to help first-time buyers in three major Canadian cities.
View More Helping First-Time Homebuyers Navigate Hot Real Estate Market
Families Minister Ahmed Hussen says the new national child-care plan will improve the situation of low-income families and newcomers in Canada, not only that of middle-class Canadians.
View More New Child-Care Plan to Help Newcomers, Low-Income Families, Too: Hussen
In part 2 of his “Spotlight on Brampton” series, LJI reporter Mansoor Tanweer examines the city’s housing crisis brought on by lack of residential development adequate to house the rising population.
View More Spotlight on Brampton: Housing Crunch Hits Immigrants the Most
Brampton is one of the most diverse cities in Canada. In this introductory article to his four-part series “Spotlight on Brampton,” LJI reporter Mansoor Tanweer shows how, in a city where over half of the population is foreign-born, housing, transport and health-care policies become de facto immigration policy.
View More Spotlight on Brampton: A Case Study of Invisible Immigration Policies
With fewer arrivals to Canada because of the pandemic, 2020 has been a year like no other for Canadian housing markets.
View More Immigration Slowdown Shakes Real Estate Market to the Core
With home prices rising across the country, many of us would likely assume that housing costs (including rent and mortgage payments) are the most expensive budget item for the average Canadian family. In reality, however,…
View More Taxes are the Canadian Family’s Largest Expense
Asking seniors subtle questions about their daily routines opens up dialogue – and can point to signs of elder abuse, which rarely reveals itself in obvious ways. Nirpal Bhangoo-Sekhon often asks seniors she meets about…
View More Breaking Silence Around Elder Abuse
Canada’s falling loonie has added extra dollars to the pockets of residents who rely on financial assistance from abroad. Foreign investors in real estate and local exporters are also enjoying benefits from the dip in…
View More Falling Dollar Benefits Some Immigrants, Industries