CMHC-SSHRC funded group of academic and community-based housing researchers with a focus on housing affordability in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, Canada 🍁
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Listen to the latest episode of The Overhead w/ @SpacingRadio!
In this episode, Drs. Alina McKay & Colin Phillips talk about the physical and systemic barriers facing people living with a disability who are trying to access housing in Canada.
Listen now: buff.ly/BUwof2j
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The #housing crisis needs more than incremental fixes. It needs a rights-based reckoning. The BSH network identified 4 core problems holding back #affordablehousing & what it will take to fix them.
Explore the report: buff.ly/606OBWy
Read the blog: buff.ly/8x8bnYe
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Is home ownership still the dream, or is it time to rethink secure housing?
Join UBC experts, featuring BSH Director Dr. Alexandra Flynn, for a webinar on affordability & what housing stability could look like beyond ownership.
Oct 7, 12 PM PT
Register: buff.ly/ogVOicp
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Housing was front & centre at Tuesday's Vancouver mayoral debate—hosted by HRC, @ubcHART, @BSHNode & @UBCSauderSchool. Candidates @kareemformayor @rebeccaleebligh @PtFry & @CllrHardwick addressed affordability, supportive housing & the homelessness crisis.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0…
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The CLT summit is just around the corner! Join us in Ottawa this month where we'll put the right to housing centre stage w/ Drs. Alexandra Flynn, Carolyn Whitzman & @HousingLogement as they discuss Canada’s next NHS.
Grab your ticket before it sells out!
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📢 Next week!
Join HRC's @BSHNode and @ubcHART & @UBCSauderSchool's Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate for the Vancouver Mayoral Debate you don't want to miss.
Register for free by Sept. 7: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo…
More details: bsh.ubc.ca/vancouver-mayoral…
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The Limited Dividend program has helped deliver >100,000 low- & moderate-income rental homes, but BSH researchers have found it actually provides a blueprint for housing financialization.
📘 Read the article: buff.ly/e9dK3Qs
🧑💻 Read the blog buff.ly/hAXPGFX
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“We found absolute, iron-clad evidence that short-term rental (STR) regulations put downward pressure on rent. Lots of things cause housing to be expensive, but this is low-hanging fruit to manage those costs.” —David Wachsmuth
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For more BSH research on the impact of short-term rentals by BSH co-investigator Dr. Wachsmuth, visit: buff.ly/BJSgKkg
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With Canada facing a critical shortage of #affordablehomes, vacancy taxes offer a promising solution.
Our latest blog explores policies from BC, Vancouver, & Toronto that discourage speculation and return empty homes to the rental market.
Read more: buff.ly/sE24NLe
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📣 Vancouver #housing sector!
Join us for the mayoral debate you don't want to miss this election. On Sept. 8, Alex Flynn & Tom Davidoff will moderate a conversation on all things housing at UBC Robson Square.
Register: buff.ly/aJGgWnO
Details: buff.ly/2DFhG0g
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When National Occupancy Standards (NOS) are treated as rigid rules instead of guidelines, the families most in need often pay the highest price. Our new blog discusses how the NOS are unintentionally harming vulnerable families.
Read here: buff.ly/FSahiJh
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For over a century, a handful of Chinatown associations have run one of TO's most effective & overlooked affordable housing systems. A new BSH & TCLT report shows how they've sheltered low-income tenants for generations & why that system is now at risk: buff.ly/5Y0sEXe
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For more about this work, visit our project page: buff.ly/WbpJkLB
And learn more about TCLT's work at buff.ly/xLhiUQy
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"Despite zoning and land use changes to allow multiplexes and small apartment buildings in more places, the reality is that such designs are not yet living up to their architectural potential."
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Read the latest by BSH researcher Conrad Speckert on the argument for single-stair zoning: buff.ly/eXolLok
For more research on this topic, visit buff.ly/NeRVvhG
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400 DTES tenants are at risk of #displacement as deeply affordable SRO hotels get bought up & emptied out, with more buildings headed into foreclosure. @dtes_collab & DTES CLT are speaking out today, 2pm @ Gore & Union to demand solutions. In town? Come & stand with community.
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Canadians' right to adequate housing is enshrined in the NHS Act, but 1.4M households are in core housing need, homelessness is up & no-fault evictions remain a top driver of housing instability.
Our recent HUMA brief outlines key recommendations to rebalance the system:
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🏘️ Increase and improve federal homelessness funding
🔑 Protect security of tenure
🏗️ Invest in non-profit housing
⚖️ Make the right to adequate housing enforceable for people living in encampments
Click to read more: buff.ly/ZJVlTLn
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New podcast alert! This fantastic conversation w/ TCLT's Chiyi Tam deserves a spot on your queue this week.
The episode highlights forthcoming research that identifies existing affordable housing stock in Toronto's Chinatown that are vulnerable to speculation & eviction threats.
Don’t miss our new episode with Chiyi Tam of the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust.
Chiyi shares stories of how, in the face of intense displacement pressures, CLT's can bring communities together to protect homes & cultural spaces.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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Led by TCLT, they've identified community-led strategies for housing preservation & acquisition through the CLT model, and they're already getting started on developing a new project.
📕Learn about the research: bsh.ubc.ca/research/who-owns…
🧑💻Visit TCLT online: chinatownlandtrust.ca/
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