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Platform Crunch: NDP releases commitments ahead of anticipated federal election call
We dive into what the NDP has promised ahead of the 44th Canadian election.
Putting Home at the Heart of Refugee Resettlement – Report Summary
This is The summary report of a research project that began in 2015, the primary intention of which was to chart the housing trajectories of…
Putting Home at the Heart of Refugee Resettlement
Download 2.13 MB 103 pages The culmination of a 5-year study based on interviews with recently arrived former refugees finds that securing good housing is…
Keys to a housing secure future for all Nova Scotians
This report examines the question what would it take to ensure that everyone has meaningful access to safe, permanently affordable, secure, supported and adequate housing…
Keys to a housing secure future for all Nova Scotians—new report release
Halifax, NS— The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia with the Housing for All Working Group released the report, Keys to a housing secure future…
BC Budget 2021 — Missed opportunities and inadequate investments
VANCOUVER — The BC government made some needed investments in its 2021 budget for COVID-19 recovery, but there is scarce new funding for major priorities like…
Budget 2021 analysis: Does it deliver?
Federal Budget 2021 was expected to deliver between $70-100B in COVID-19 recovery funds. Does it deliver and will funds be allocated in meaningful ways? Our experts weigh in.
How to build affordable rental housing in Vancouver
Download 766.31 KB7 pages A major build-out of affordable housing requires us to stop relying on the current private, for-profit approach in BC and Canada.…
A non-profit model could deliver truly affordable housing in Metro Vancouver: new research
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VANCOUVER – A non-profit model for building rental housing in Metro Vancouver could deliver substantially lower monthly rents,…
Ten things to know about the 2021 Alberta budget
Here are 10 things worth knowing about the latest Alberta budget, its major changes to spending and taxation, and its projected deficit of $18.2 billion.
The Monitor, March/April 2021
One year later Download 5.4 MB “More than an infectious pathogen,” writes Michal Rozworski in his feature analysis for this issue, “the novel coronavirus is…
Our “right to housing” needs some teeth
While homeless encampments serve as some of the most jarring visual depictions of Canada’s housing crisis, they are not the only manifestation of the problem.
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