A new report from the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate is saying what many housing experts and advocates have for years–Canada needs more non-market housing. 

In the report, the Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, who operates as an independent, nonpartisan watchdog, lists “breakdowns in multiple systems,” inadequate federal and provincial funding, a lack of non-market housing options, and a push to criminalize homelessness, as some of the factors compounding the increasingly urgent housing crisis in this country.

The report shares Houle’s findings and recommendations after visits to several towns in Southern Ontario in September of this year.