Carnegie Housing Project and its organizers frequently speak to the media and write articles about the reality of housing needs in the DTES.
Keep scrolling to read a selection of press coverage or jump down to see our news releases and government submissions
Media inquiries can be directed to carnegiehousingproject@gmail.com. Please include your deadline!
End Legislated Homelessness | Jean Swanson
In this episode of Policy Crimes, Tristan Markle and Lina Moskaleva talk to Jean Swanson about how “poor-bashing” has distracted from government decisions to limit social assistance rates and cut public housing programs.
Governments once built tens of thousands of social housing units each year …
Carnegie Housing Project news releases and government submissions
2026-04-16 • Submission to The House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities re: Bill C-20, An Act respecting the establishment of Build Canada Homes
2026-02-04 • The DTES needs housing, not police!
2025-11-03 • City considering proposal to gentrify the poorest part of the Downtown Eastside while ignoring homelessness