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In addition to increased government investments in the URN Indigenous Housing Strategy, Indigenous communities and experts are calling for funding to support Indigenous organizations and communities to participate in the co-development and implementation of the strategy. [...] As we await the recommendations that come out of that process, the federal government must take steps to respond to the growing speculative forces in housing and the increased role that financialized actors play in reducing peoples’ access to secure, adequate and affordable homes. [...] Support the implementation of the right to housing in Canada The federal government should continue to support programs and bodies that advance the right to housing in Canada, such as the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate and the National Housing Council. [...] However, the dramatic increase in rents and lack of affordable housing options are pushing more and more households into housing precarity and homelessness, and ultimately preventing the government from fulfilling its obligation to progressively realize the right to adequate housing. [...] We encourage the federal government to consider its financial commitments in light of the needs of those most impacted by the affordable housing crisis and ensure that the freedom, dignity and sense of security of all people across Canada are protected.