by Admin | Oct 23, 2023 | In the News
The Tyee.ca, Oct 3, 2023 A complex experiment is saving co-ops and developing homes to be affordable. Permanently. Penny Gurstein, a professor emeritus of planning at the University of British Columbia, talks about the community land trust model, a non-profit that...
by Admin | Sep 28, 2023 | In Case you Missed It
Question: What’s the quickest way to get new housing?Answer: Make better use of what’s already built.And if you can help older Canadians stay in their homes longer at the same time, all the better.That was the philosophy behind the creation of SpacesShared.ca, a new...
by Admin | Sep 28, 2023 | In Case you Missed It
Before wildfires ravaged the countryside this summer, throwing communication and transportation into chaos, Canada’s north was already a housing catastrophe.And now it’s even worse.“You have a housing landscape that hasn’t been sufficient and hasn’t met...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2023 | In Case you Missed It
If you live in a rental apartment building, form a tenant association as soon as possible. That’s the advice of Emily Power who, along with her neighbours, formed a tenant association in order to buy a 21-unit, three-storey, brick apartment building on Caroline St. S....
by Admin | Aug 24, 2023 | Indigenous Housing
The National Right to Housing Network released a new report in August called Stark Truths, highlighting the state of housing-related human rights violations in remote and northern Indigenous communities. The report was proposed, envisioned, and led by Inuit...
