In this month’s episode of the New Housing Alternatives podcast, hosts Cherise Burda and Ren Thomas speak with housing policy expert Steve Pomeroy. Pomeroy’s research has made headlines, highlighting an alarming finding. For every one unit of affordable housing built across Canada, 11 are lost, with even higher ratios in cities like Ottawa and Waterloo. We discuss the scale and scope of this rapid loss and what can be done to stop it. 

Bill 60, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, should be called the “Create Encampments Faster” Act. The legislative changes enshrined in Bill 60 will contribute to an escalating homelessness cr...

Introducing the Housing Commons Research Centre, a virtual space dedicated to advancing community-led housing in Canada and beyond.

This research looks back at the West Broadway Community Land Trust in Winnipeg to learn lessons for the future.

BSH's report, A Case for Community Land Trusts in Canada, not only outlines key the benefits of CLTs, but offers policy recommendations to structurally shift the housing market towards a more affordab...

The prime minister has gone from Captain Canada to Captain Cuts.

The City of Toronto is hoping new measures to cut design costs and speed up permit approval times for laneway and garden suites may encourage homeowners to build more, but some advocates and experts s...

This collection of six global commentaries reflects on the Preserving Affordable Homeownership Policy Focus Report published by the Lincoln Institute in partnership with the International Center for C...

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

As Canadian housing costs surge, more communities are turning to land trusts to take their space back

The Balanced Supply of Housing Research Node, in partnership with the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts (CNCLT), is excited to announce the release of foundational research papers on Canadian ...