I might have a little bit of input here.
The cost of housing crisis is not new for the CAF. I worked at IRP in 2006, and I can remember people coming back from house-hunting trips in Edmonton in tears because they knew they couldn't afford anything out there, especially those in the junior ranks. They just weren't making enough. To add to that, it used to be that homelessness was a problem involving predominantly male veterans who were on the streets, but women are quickly catching up. Statistically speaking, women are suffering from homelessness at greater rates.
There's also a hidden homelessness piece for those who don't have their own home. They have to stay with family members or friends, which opens them up to potential abuse, not to mention the dangerous situations in which female veterans remain because they can't afford to leave or because they have children they're primarily responsible for.
I've spoken to padres. On some bases padres have access to emergency housing in cases of domestic violence. On bases like Esquimalt, they don't have that housing. Because the cost of living is so high, they don't have a place to put people in crisis, so they have to work through domestic violence shelters on the civilian side, which of course is a very imperfect solution.