First Call has submitted a letter to the National Housing Council Review Panel on the lack of accessible housing in Canada. Drawing on findings from our 2023 report, A Failure to Protect: The Denial of Children’s Right to Housing in British Columbia, the submission highlights how affordability, discrimination, long wait times, homelessness, and fear of child apprehension disproportionately affect families raising children with disabilities. It calls attention to Canada’s obligations to uphold children’s rights to safe, appropriate, and accessible housing.
