by Admin | Dec 6, 2023 | In Case you Missed It
Researchers represented by the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative (CHEC) played a major role in the recent parliamentary committee report on the financialization of housing.Parliament’s Standing Committee On Human Resources, Skills and Social...
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 | Jul 27, 2023 | In Case you Missed It
Summary of “The Case for Conversions: Understanding opportunities for conversions of office space to housing in Canadian downtowns”A recent report from the Canadian Urban Institute says there is the potential to create up to 22,000 housing units in just 11 Canadian...
by Admin | Jul 23, 2023 | In Case you Missed It
Full article: Can They Build or Not? Nonprofit Housing Development in an Era of Government Re-engagement | Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (anserj.ca)Aijia Deng & Catherine Leviten-Reid, Cape Breton University; Luc Thériault, University...
