Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa

10/20/2026

Before last night’s debate on housing and homelessness, we gave Ottawa mayoral candidates one challenge: please speak to what the city CAN do to address this crisis.

Because ending homelessness is possible. There are solutions we can pursue locally and some that we already are.

In 90 minutes, you can hear from Alex Lawson, Jeff Leiper, Neil Saravanamuttoo and Mark Sutcliffe on how they would:

- Prioritize deeply affordable housing & protect what we already have
- Address food insecurity and inadequate income supports
- Respond to encampments and unsheltered homelessness with sustainable solutions
- Help people experiencing homelessness stay safe this winter
- Meaningfully engage people with lived experience
- Build a more coordinated, sustainable and effective housing & homelessness system in Ottawa
- Respond to Indigenous homelessness
- Address neighbourhood division over affordable and supportive housing developments

Watch the full debate at https://rogerstv.com/homelessnessmayoral2026 and make housing and homelessness one of your ballot-box priorities this election.

The more you learn and engage, the greater the momentum to create a city where everyone has a home.

Thank you to everyone who made this critical conversation possible and all four candidates for participating (+ photo credits to Alex Ottawa Food Bank 📷)

10/19/2026

Tune in at 7pm ET to watch four mayoral candidates answer hard-hitting questions about the housing and homelessness crisis in our city — and how we solve it together (because it is possible 🤝).

Admission to the in-person debate at uOttawa will be limited to those who have pre-reserved tickets. Watch online, anytime, at Rogerstv.com/homelessnessmayoral2026.

Share to help make this a city-wide conversation!

10/16/2026

We are just days away from the 2026 Mayoral Candidates Debate on Housing & Homelessness — if you weren't able to secure an in-person space (we are now at capacity), you can watch the debate live online!

Tune in Monday evening from 7:00 - 8:30pm, or watch the recording whenever it works for you: Rogerstv.com/homelessnessmayoral2026

We look forward to seeing the hundreds of you who reserved a seat on Monday, and seeing candidates speak to how we, as a community, can end homelessness together.

10/05/2026

2025-26 was a big year for the Alliance, and the coming year is going to be even bigger! ✨ We're always so proud to look back and share what we've been working on together with our members:
https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/our_work

10/01/2026

23 fundraising non-profits. All doing life-changing work to provide housing solutions and vital homelessness services in our community. 🏡

At the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa, we set a goal of raising $30,000 for our member organizations through the second annual Race to End Homelessness.

The finish line is technically behind us after a beautiful race day with almost 350 runners — all housing and homelessness changemakers in their own right — bringing us to 81% of our fundraising goal ($24,345 raised!). 🏃🏃‍♀️

We still have until end-of-day Tuesday Oct. 6 to make it over the top. You can donate directly to any of our fundraising member organizations (the $30,000 target is a shared total) through the 2026 Race to End Homelessness website:
https://lnkd.in/ehqqBBpi

Every additional dollar means more capacity at organizations that are the experts at what they do—bringing us closer to a future where everyone in Ottawa has a home. 💛

2026 Race to End Homelessness fundraising organizations:

Belong Ottawa • Bruce House • CMHA Ottawa • Cornerstone Housing for Women • Daybreak Housing • Interval House of Ottawa - Maison Interval d'Ottawa • John Howard Society of Ottawa • Maama Watali • Montfort Renaissance • Multifaith Housing Initiative • OCH Foundation • Ottawa Food Bank • Salus • Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre • Rent Assist Allies • Shepherds of Good Hope • The FAM Network • The Ottawa Mission • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa • Veterans' House Canada • Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre • Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa / Bureau des services à la jeunesse • Youville Centre - Ottawa

09/30/2026

Save the date 📅 Indigenous Resilience Day 🧡

October 4 11am to 2pm @ Vanier Hub

In partnership with ZAC Vanier BIA

All are welcome!

09/25/2026

It's going to be a beautiful weekend-- come run, walk, or roll for a good cause, with good company!

Race weekend is almost here!

If you've been thinking about joining us, now is the time to register for the 1K, 5K or 10K.

Can't make it? You can still support the event with a donation.

We'll see you on Sunday!

Register here https://bit.ly/4vuk6nT
Donate here https://bit.ly/4fd04YV

Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa

09/24/2026

Since this week’s exciting federal government announcement of $1.5 billion for an affordable housing acquisition fund, we’ve seen some good questions about what acquisition actually means for our neighbourhoods.

Our city loses 31 units of affordable private market housing for every 1 new unit being built. Tenants are often evicted because their building has been sold and will be redeveloped to rent at a much higher rate. Stopping the loss of affordable housing is as critical to ending the housing crisis as building new.

Instead of losing an already affordable unit to renoviction or redevelopment when a building is sold, acquisition funds allow non-profit housing organizations to buy these buildings, keep them affordable long-term, and ensure that tenants stay in their housing.

For more on why acquisition is key to preserving the neighbourhoods we love, we’re re-sharing a video we created back in 2022 as part of last municipal election’s Starts With Home campaign.

Four years later, we are so encouraged to see the support for acquisition picking up across all levels of government.

Every home saved = a win for our neighbourhoods + affordability in Ottawa. 🏡 🏢 💛

09/24/2026

We're sorry to say it, but warm sunny days won't last for ever, so if there's a beautiful weekend day in September you should probably make the most of it, right? 🫣

Come out and walk, run, or roll with us and raise money for local organizations working to end homelessness in Ottawa! 💛 Register at https://www.radraces.com/e/1000082/race-to-end-homelessness

09/23/2026

We always have a great time talking to Sam Laprade on An Hour To Give! This time we brought our friends Operation Come Home, Catherine McKenney, & RA Centre to talk about some amazing work being done locally to prevent and end homelessness, and the Race to End Homelessness!
https://ottawa.citynews.ca/video/2026/08/29/alliance-to-end-homelessness-an-hour-to-give/