The right to adequate housing requires that individuals not be evicted from their homes without being provided appropriate legal or other protections. In Canada, the federal government has promoted housing through mortgage-financed homeownership. Individuals risk losing their homes if they default on their mortgage. When an individual can no longer afford their mortgage payments, the law must reconcile the individual’s right not to be evicted without appropriate legal protections with a lender’s right to be paid …
Anna Lund, Security of Tenure in Foreclosure Proceedings: The Judicial Role when Borrowers are Absent or Self-Represented (2025) 56 Ottawa Law Review 211. Published 29 May 2025.
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