Race and Security of Housing: Security of Tenure in Canada

As part of the National Housing Strategy, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC, originally known as the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation) has specifically prioritized housing for racialized people.2 As such, the FHA has a unique opportunity to set the course for access to housing, security of tenure, and the eradication of discrimination in housing nationwide. [...] Understanding the processes that lead to communal displacement requires examinations of (i) the various public and private actors who have exercised power in housing finance and regulation; (ii) the various legal methods of displacement, including local governments’ zoning and land use powers and so-called urban renewal programs of the 20th century; and (iii) the particular histories of racialized. [...] Notable examples are the construction of highways through the Black neighbourhood of Little Burgundy in Montréal and the displacement of the Mohawk community in Kahnawá:ke for the expansion of the St. [...] The Director of the Human Rights Commission dismissed the complaint, but the Chief of the Commission and Tribunals overturned that decision, and the complaint will proceed to a hearing.). [...] 20 Reforming Housing in the Context of Structural Inequality The Federal Housing Advocate has a unique opportunity to work towards the goals of adequate housing, as enshrined in the NHSA, by: • working with the provinces and territories to address unequal access to housing for racialized people in Canada; • advocating for programs to alleviate the severe lack of affordable housing in Canada; • col.