Balanced Supply of Housing
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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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Just 2 weeks away!
Our next Research in Progress webinar with Drs. Alina McKay, Colin Phillips & @jeremywildeman.bsky.social will explore how the NHS & current housing system fail to deliver #accessible housing options to Canadians living with disabilities.
Register at: bit.ly/AccessibleHsg
Our next Research in Progress webinar with Drs. Alina McKay, Colin Phillips & @jeremywildeman.bsky.social will explore how the NHS & current housing system fail to deliver #accessible housing options to Canadians living with disabilities.
Register at: bit.ly/AccessibleHsg
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Just 2 weeks away!
Our next Research in Progress webinar with Drs. Alina McKay, Colin Phillips & @jeremywildeman.bsky.social will explore how the NHS & current housing system fail to deliver #accessible housing options to Canadians living with disabilities.
Register at: bit.ly/AccessibleHsg
Our next Research in Progress webinar with Drs. Alina McKay, Colin Phillips & @jeremywildeman.bsky.social will explore how the NHS & current housing system fail to deliver #accessible housing options to Canadians living with disabilities.
Register at: bit.ly/AccessibleHsg
BSH is working with Kamloops CLT to provide legal analysis on how capital gains tax exemptions could unlock land donations for affordable housing. By analyzing the Housing-Gift Program, we can see how tax policy could dramatically reduce land costs and grow the CLT movement.
This one policy could allow Canada to dramatically reduce land costs for affordable housing
An Affordable Housing Gifts program would remove barriers to companies and individuals looking to donate land to qualified Community Land Trusts.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
BSH is working with Kamloops CLT to provide legal analysis on how capital gains tax exemptions could unlock land donations for affordable housing. By analyzing the Housing-Gift Program, we can see how tax policy could dramatically reduce land costs and grow the CLT movement.
New case study by BSH researchers Dr. Nemoy Lewis & Dimitri Panou reveals how one financialized landlord in Toronto used eviction as an extraction mechanism extending beyond formal proceedings & disproportionately affecting Black newcomers.
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Beyond the Eviction Notice: How Financialized Landlords Extract Value Through Fear, Debt, and Abandonment
This blog summarizes research from Dr. Nemoy Lewis which shows how financialized landlord Greenwin Inc. systematically extracted value from Black Nigerian refugee tenants in Toronto. The study…
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February 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
New case study by BSH researchers Dr. Nemoy Lewis & Dimitri Panou reveals how one financialized landlord in Toronto used eviction as an extraction mechanism extending beyond formal proceedings & disproportionately affecting Black newcomers.
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Canada guarantees the right to housing, yet for Canadians living with disabilities, accessible housing often doesn't work.
Join Drs. McKay, Phillips & @jeremywildeman.bsky.social as they explore how our housing system fails to deliver & what needs to change.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/AccessibleHsg
Join Drs. McKay, Phillips & @jeremywildeman.bsky.social as they explore how our housing system fails to deliver & what needs to change.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/AccessibleHsg
February 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Canada guarantees the right to housing, yet for Canadians living with disabilities, accessible housing often doesn't work.
Join Drs. McKay, Phillips & @jeremywildeman.bsky.social as they explore how our housing system fails to deliver & what needs to change.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/AccessibleHsg
Join Drs. McKay, Phillips & @jeremywildeman.bsky.social as they explore how our housing system fails to deliver & what needs to change.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/AccessibleHsg
How do communities take control of their housing future? Toronto's Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust shows the way.
From grassroots organizing to acquiring residential buildings and shaping city policy, PNLT demonstrates how CLTs can combat displacement and build lasting affordability.
From grassroots organizing to acquiring residential buildings and shaping city policy, PNLT demonstrates how CLTs can combat displacement and build lasting affordability.
February 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
How do communities take control of their housing future? Toronto's Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust shows the way.
From grassroots organizing to acquiring residential buildings and shaping city policy, PNLT demonstrates how CLTs can combat displacement and build lasting affordability.
From grassroots organizing to acquiring residential buildings and shaping city policy, PNLT demonstrates how CLTs can combat displacement and build lasting affordability.
Montreal just replaced its bold 2021 inclusionary zoning bylaw with a simpler approach—but what can we learn from the original stakeholder consultations? New research by Drs. Luka, Ghaffari, & Shearmur reveals tensions around affordability definitions, thresholds & implementation.
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Montreal’s Inclusionary Zoning Debate Reframed: Policy Shifts Under a New Mayor
Montreal's inclusionary zoning policy has transformed under Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada. The city replaced its ambitious 2021 "20-20-20" bylaw with a streamlined 20% off-market mandate for large…
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January 29, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Montreal just replaced its bold 2021 inclusionary zoning bylaw with a simpler approach—but what can we learn from the original stakeholder consultations? New research by Drs. Luka, Ghaffari, & Shearmur reveals tensions around affordability definitions, thresholds & implementation.
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Yesterday, BSH researchers Dr. Julie Mah, Dr. Martine August & @closthilaire.bsky.social shared troubling new research findings on the use of AGIs in Ontario.
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Research in Progress on Above Guideline Increases Displacement and Financialized Landlords
This Research in Progress webinar explores recent research on the rise and proliferation of financialized landlords, the use of AGIs in Ontario, and how they impact tenants.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Yesterday, BSH researchers Dr. Julie Mah, Dr. Martine August & @closthilaire.bsky.social shared troubling new research findings on the use of AGIs in Ontario.
Missed it? Watch the recording:
💻 on our website: buff.ly/x5rsnNj
📹️ on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/6QLN1YS
Missed it? Watch the recording:
💻 on our website: buff.ly/x5rsnNj
📹️ on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/6QLN1YS
Join us for our first Research in Progress webinar of 2026 tomorrow at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET.
Register to learn about rent control policies, the rise & proliferation of financialized landlords & how tenants are impacted by the use of above guideline increases (AGIs) in Ontario.
🧑💻 bit.ly/RisingAGIs
Register to learn about rent control policies, the rise & proliferation of financialized landlords & how tenants are impacted by the use of above guideline increases (AGIs) in Ontario.
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Our next Research in Progress is just a week away.
Join us for an in depth discussion with experts Dr. Julie Mah, Dr. Martine August & @closthilaire.bsky.social on the proliferation of #AGIs, specifically among financialized landlords in Ontario.
Register at bit.ly/RisingAGIs
Join us for an in depth discussion with experts Dr. Julie Mah, Dr. Martine August & @closthilaire.bsky.social on the proliferation of #AGIs, specifically among financialized landlords in Ontario.
Register at bit.ly/RisingAGIs
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Join us for our first Research in Progress webinar of 2026 tomorrow at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET.
Register to learn about rent control policies, the rise & proliferation of financialized landlords & how tenants are impacted by the use of above guideline increases (AGIs) in Ontario.
🧑💻 bit.ly/RisingAGIs
Register to learn about rent control policies, the rise & proliferation of financialized landlords & how tenants are impacted by the use of above guideline increases (AGIs) in Ontario.
🧑💻 bit.ly/RisingAGIs
Vancouver upzoned the DTES (towers up to 32 storeys, only 20% social housing—down from 60%) while blocking social housing elsewhere in the city. Same day. Same council.
Our latest blog breaks down the contradictory policies and what they mean for displacement risk. Read more at:
Our latest blog breaks down the contradictory policies and what they mean for displacement risk. Read more at:
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Upzoning: A Policy Out of Balance
Vancouver City Council approved sweeping Downtown Eastside zoning changes in December 2025, slashing social housing requirements from 60% to 20% while allowing density to more than double. This blog…
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January 22, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Vancouver upzoned the DTES (towers up to 32 storeys, only 20% social housing—down from 60%) while blocking social housing elsewhere in the city. Same day. Same council.
Our latest blog breaks down the contradictory policies and what they mean for displacement risk. Read more at:
Our latest blog breaks down the contradictory policies and what they mean for displacement risk. Read more at:
Our next Research in Progress is just a week away.
Join us for an in depth discussion with experts Dr. Julie Mah, Dr. Martine August & @closthilaire.bsky.social on the proliferation of #AGIs, specifically among financialized landlords in Ontario.
Register at bit.ly/RisingAGIs
Join us for an in depth discussion with experts Dr. Julie Mah, Dr. Martine August & @closthilaire.bsky.social on the proliferation of #AGIs, specifically among financialized landlords in Ontario.
Register at bit.ly/RisingAGIs
January 20, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Our next Research in Progress is just a week away.
Join us for an in depth discussion with experts Dr. Julie Mah, Dr. Martine August & @closthilaire.bsky.social on the proliferation of #AGIs, specifically among financialized landlords in Ontario.
Register at bit.ly/RisingAGIs
Join us for an in depth discussion with experts Dr. Julie Mah, Dr. Martine August & @closthilaire.bsky.social on the proliferation of #AGIs, specifically among financialized landlords in Ontario.
Register at bit.ly/RisingAGIs
“[E]viction isn’t about who’s the poorest in our city... It’s about where corporate landlords operate, how they manage, and which communities are most exposed to some of the most aggressive rent enforcement. It also shows income doesn’t protect Black renters.”
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Financialized landlords disproportionately apply to evict in Black neighbourhoods, study finds
Findings show the eviction applications rates were five times higher in high-income, majority Black neighbourhoods than financialized landlords’ citywide average.
www.thestar.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
“[E]viction isn’t about who’s the poorest in our city... It’s about where corporate landlords operate, how they manage, and which communities are most exposed to some of the most aggressive rent enforcement. It also shows income doesn’t protect Black renters.”
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Our next Research in Progress webinar is just two weeks away.
Register to learn more about the realities and impacts of above guideline increases, #displacement trends, and how #financialized landlords are shaping housing for renters across Canada.
➡️ Register at bit.ly/RisingAGIs
Register to learn more about the realities and impacts of above guideline increases, #displacement trends, and how #financialized landlords are shaping housing for renters across Canada.
➡️ Register at bit.ly/RisingAGIs
January 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Our next Research in Progress webinar is just two weeks away.
Register to learn more about the realities and impacts of above guideline increases, #displacement trends, and how #financialized landlords are shaping housing for renters across Canada.
➡️ Register at bit.ly/RisingAGIs
Register to learn more about the realities and impacts of above guideline increases, #displacement trends, and how #financialized landlords are shaping housing for renters across Canada.
➡️ Register at bit.ly/RisingAGIs
New research reveals financialized violence & #eviction practices target Black communities in Toronto's rental #housing market—nearly 5 times more so than in white-majority areas.
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🧑💻 Read the key takeaways on the BSH blog: buff.ly/BT4qQDw
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🧑💻 Read the key takeaways on the BSH blog: buff.ly/BT4qQDw
January 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
New research reveals financialized violence & #eviction practices target Black communities in Toronto's rental #housing market—nearly 5 times more so than in white-majority areas.
📘 Read the full article: buff.ly/Ya8xME4
🧑💻 Read the key takeaways on the BSH blog: buff.ly/BT4qQDw
📘 Read the full article: buff.ly/Ya8xME4
🧑💻 Read the key takeaways on the BSH blog: buff.ly/BT4qQDw
Our Research in Progress webinar series is back!
We're starting off the year with a timely discussion of AGIs, displacement trends specifically among the vulnerable senior population & the rise and proliferation of financialized landlords.
January 27, 10 AM PT/1 PM ET
🧑💻https://bit.ly/RisingAGIs
We're starting off the year with a timely discussion of AGIs, displacement trends specifically among the vulnerable senior population & the rise and proliferation of financialized landlords.
January 27, 10 AM PT/1 PM ET
🧑💻https://bit.ly/RisingAGIs
January 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Our Research in Progress webinar series is back!
We're starting off the year with a timely discussion of AGIs, displacement trends specifically among the vulnerable senior population & the rise and proliferation of financialized landlords.
January 27, 10 AM PT/1 PM ET
🧑💻https://bit.ly/RisingAGIs
We're starting off the year with a timely discussion of AGIs, displacement trends specifically among the vulnerable senior population & the rise and proliferation of financialized landlords.
January 27, 10 AM PT/1 PM ET
🧑💻https://bit.ly/RisingAGIs
Our latest episode of the Overhead in partnership with Spacing Radio is now out! Hear from #CLT leaders Joshua Barndt from PNLT and Norm Leech from DTES CLT who share insight into scaling CLTs, policy hurdles, and reimagining community-led development.
New episode of our housing series The Overhead on the @spacingradio.bsky.social feed: from Parkdale in Toronto to the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, community land trusts are growing, and keeping housing affordable in their communities: spacing.ca/national/202... @bshnode.bsky.social
The Overhead: Community land trusts gaining ground - Spacing National
THIS EPISODE: Community Land Trusts Gaining Ground A good news story in recent years is the amount of progress Community Land Trusts (CLTs) have made in communities across the country. New CLTs are be...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Our latest episode of the Overhead in partnership with Spacing Radio is now out! Hear from #CLT leaders Joshua Barndt from PNLT and Norm Leech from DTES CLT who share insight into scaling CLTs, policy hurdles, and reimagining community-led development.
Celebrating a milestone in community-led #housing!
Huge congratulations to the DTES CLT on acquiring their first building—a transformative step toward housing security in Vancouver's DTES.
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Huge congratulations to the DTES CLT on acquiring their first building—a transformative step toward housing security in Vancouver's DTES.
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Exclusive: Powell Rooms SRO set to become a unique model of community-owned housing
The Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust is buying the building to preserve it as deeply affordable housing and childcare space.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Celebrating a milestone in community-led #housing!
Huge congratulations to the DTES CLT on acquiring their first building—a transformative step toward housing security in Vancouver's DTES.
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Huge congratulations to the DTES CLT on acquiring their first building—a transformative step toward housing security in Vancouver's DTES.
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When research & reason align, we get policies that make sense for livable #density & #housing accessibility.
Vancouver just approved single egress for up to 6 stories—a policy change @conradspeckert.bsky.social & Dr. Nik Luka have long advocated for.
➡️ See more research: bsh.ubc.ca?s=single+stair
Vancouver just approved single egress for up to 6 stories—a policy change @conradspeckert.bsky.social & Dr. Nik Luka have long advocated for.
➡️ See more research: bsh.ubc.ca?s=single+stair
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
When research & reason align, we get policies that make sense for livable #density & #housing accessibility.
Vancouver just approved single egress for up to 6 stories—a policy change @conradspeckert.bsky.social & Dr. Nik Luka have long advocated for.
➡️ See more research: bsh.ubc.ca?s=single+stair
Vancouver just approved single egress for up to 6 stories—a policy change @conradspeckert.bsky.social & Dr. Nik Luka have long advocated for.
➡️ See more research: bsh.ubc.ca?s=single+stair
We know housing can exist outside of market forces, so what's the hold up?
In our latest episode of the Overhead, we sit down with Drs. David Wachsmuth & Leila Ghaffari to tackle one of the most pressing questions in urban policy: Is it possible to decommodify housing?
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In our latest episode of the Overhead, we sit down with Drs. David Wachsmuth & Leila Ghaffari to tackle one of the most pressing questions in urban policy: Is it possible to decommodify housing?
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Episode 15: Decommodifying Housing
Can we truly decommodify housing? In this episode of the Overhead podcast, housing researchers David Wachsmuth and Leila Ghaffari discuss decommodifying housing markets, barriers to affordable housing, and how to create a housing system based on shelter needs rather than investment value.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We know housing can exist outside of market forces, so what's the hold up?
In our latest episode of the Overhead, we sit down with Drs. David Wachsmuth & Leila Ghaffari to tackle one of the most pressing questions in urban policy: Is it possible to decommodify housing?
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In our latest episode of the Overhead, we sit down with Drs. David Wachsmuth & Leila Ghaffari to tackle one of the most pressing questions in urban policy: Is it possible to decommodify housing?
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"Rights do not exist in abstraction: they must be grounded in the social, economic, and institutional systems that make their realization possible."
This #HumanRightsDay, we're reminded of the gap between our housing policy promises & legal reality. Here's what we're doing about it buff.ly/9JwhsAk
This #HumanRightsDay, we're reminded of the gap between our housing policy promises & legal reality. Here's what we're doing about it buff.ly/9JwhsAk
How Evidence-Based Housing Policy Advances the Right to Housing in Canada
Can data chart a right? In this blog, Dr. Alexandra Flynn examines how evidence-based housing research advances the constitutional and legal foundation for housing rights in Canada. Exploring the gap…
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December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Rights do not exist in abstraction: they must be grounded in the social, economic, and institutional systems that make their realization possible."
This #HumanRightsDay, we're reminded of the gap between our housing policy promises & legal reality. Here's what we're doing about it buff.ly/9JwhsAk
This #HumanRightsDay, we're reminded of the gap between our housing policy promises & legal reality. Here's what we're doing about it buff.ly/9JwhsAk
1/2 "In the context of a housing crisis, with over 2500 people homeless in Vancouver and a continual loss of affordable housing, any plan that limits social housing is unacceptable."
Open letter calls against gentrification of the DTES in light of DEOD plan.
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Open letter calls against gentrification of the DTES in light of DEOD plan.
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Hundreds of Academics Sign Letter Against City’s ‘Uplifting the DTES’ Plan
Academics: “Any plan that limits social housing is unacceptable”
themainlander.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
1/2 "In the context of a housing crisis, with over 2500 people homeless in Vancouver and a continual loss of affordable housing, any plan that limits social housing is unacceptable."
Open letter calls against gentrification of the DTES in light of DEOD plan.
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Open letter calls against gentrification of the DTES in light of DEOD plan.
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New research from @risewomenslegal.bsky.social & the National Housing Council shows Canada's housing crisis is trapping survivors. On this Nat'l Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women, we honour those lost to GBV and call for urgent reform.
See more in our latest blog:
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women 2025
Canada marks December 6th by honoring the 14 women murdered at École Polytechnique in 1989 and confronting today's intersecting crises. New reports reveal how housing insecurity and family law…
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December 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New research from @risewomenslegal.bsky.social & the National Housing Council shows Canada's housing crisis is trapping survivors. On this Nat'l Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women, we honour those lost to GBV and call for urgent reform.
See more in our latest blog:
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We're honoured to be represented alongside incredible research & community-based projects in @uoftcities.bsky.social recent report, Learning From What Works, which spotlights 89 local solutions to making better places.
🏘️ Skip to the #housing chapter for a feature on our #CLT work: buff.ly/4BhEw63
🏘️ Skip to the #housing chapter for a feature on our #CLT work: buff.ly/4BhEw63
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We're honoured to be represented alongside incredible research & community-based projects in @uoftcities.bsky.social recent report, Learning From What Works, which spotlights 89 local solutions to making better places.
🏘️ Skip to the #housing chapter for a feature on our #CLT work: buff.ly/4BhEw63
🏘️ Skip to the #housing chapter for a feature on our #CLT work: buff.ly/4BhEw63
1/2 The Neha Panel's report asks: Is Canada upholding its legal commitment to #housing as a human right?
The answer: Not yet. But the path forward requires understanding what "progressive realization" actually means and how data makes rights real.
📘 Neha Report: buff.ly/ymQumyr
The answer: Not yet. But the path forward requires understanding what "progressive realization" actually means and how data makes rights real.
📘 Neha Report: buff.ly/ymQumyr
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November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
1/2 The Neha Panel's report asks: Is Canada upholding its legal commitment to #housing as a human right?
The answer: Not yet. But the path forward requires understanding what "progressive realization" actually means and how data makes rights real.
📘 Neha Report: buff.ly/ymQumyr
The answer: Not yet. But the path forward requires understanding what "progressive realization" actually means and how data makes rights real.
📘 Neha Report: buff.ly/ymQumyr
Congratulations to our community partner,
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust, on being selected by the City of Toronto to develop Parkdale People’s Place which will remain permanently affordable through #community land ownership.
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Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust, on being selected by the City of Toronto to develop Parkdale People’s Place which will remain permanently affordable through #community land ownership.
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Neighbourhood Land Trust
Land, Held, Together. Community ownership for community benefit.
pnlt.ca
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Congratulations to our community partner,
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust, on being selected by the City of Toronto to develop Parkdale People’s Place which will remain permanently affordable through #community land ownership.
🔗 pnlt.ca/land/parkdal...
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust, on being selected by the City of Toronto to develop Parkdale People’s Place which will remain permanently affordable through #community land ownership.
🔗 pnlt.ca/land/parkdal...
This week, BSH joined housing leaders, researchers & community partners at Housing Central to discuss complex and intersectional issues around housing affordability.
Read our full conference recap for insights on CLTs, eviction prevention, NOS & Indigenous housing strategies
Read our full conference recap for insights on CLTs, eviction prevention, NOS & Indigenous housing strategies
Housing Central 2025: Land Trusts, Eviction Prevention, and Systems Change
Read our takeaways from Housing Central 2025 conference, including reflections on community land trusts, eviction prevention, and systems change in light of Build Canada Homes and the recently…
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November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This week, BSH joined housing leaders, researchers & community partners at Housing Central to discuss complex and intersectional issues around housing affordability.
Read our full conference recap for insights on CLTs, eviction prevention, NOS & Indigenous housing strategies
Read our full conference recap for insights on CLTs, eviction prevention, NOS & Indigenous housing strategies