The financialization of housing has contributed to inequalities in wealth accumulation, mismatch between housing costs and local earnings, gentrification and displacement, as well as precariousness of tenure for renters among other factors.
Reshaping the Financialization of Housing
Research Projects
| Project Title | Principal Applicant(s) | Research Theme | Funding Stream | Funding Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filling the Gaps: Evictions and Government Policy in Vancouver During COVID-19 | Alexandra Flynn, Alina McKay | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing | Comparative Project | |
| Canadian Rental Housing Index (2023 Update) | Erika Sagert | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing | Comparative Project | |
| Community Owned Housing in Toronto's Chinatown | Chiyi Tam | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing, Innovating in Responsive Land Practices | Community-Focused Project | |
| Estimating No-Fault Evictions in Canada (CHS 2021) | Craig E. Jones, Silas Xuereb | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing | Comparative Project | - |
| Estimation des Expulsions Sans Faute au Canada | Craig E. Jones, Silas Xuereb | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing | Comparative Project | - |
| Tracking the Sale of Multi-Family Rental Buildings to Financialized Landlords in Vancouver | Alan Walks | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing | Comparative Project | |
| Tools for overcoming institutional obstacles to non-market housing production in the Montreal Metropolitan Area | Adam Mongrain | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing, Innovating in Responsive Land Practices | Community-Focused Project | |
| Partna in Solidarity - Phase II: Exploring the Scattered Land Trust Model in Toronto and Vancouver | Cheryll Case | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing, Innovating in Responsive Land Practices | Comparative Project | |
| Scaling up approaches to participatory co-housing: | Keyan Ye, Christina Mahut | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing, Innovating in Responsive Land Practices | Community-Focused Project | |
| Studying Montreal's financialization of multi-family rental housing: Spatiality, local specificity and empirical methodology | Cloé St-Hilaire | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing | Community-Focused Project | |
| Filling the Gaps in Housing: Tracking Legislative Responses to COVID-19 in Emergency Housing Initiatives | Alexandra Flynn | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing, Innovating in Responsive Land Practices | Comparative Project | |
| Partna Housing - Scattered Housing Trust Model Design | Cheryll Case | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing | Community-Focused Project | |
| Do higher home prices hurt or help child vulnerability? | Paul Kershaw | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing | Comparative Project | |
| Assessing the Impact of Short-term Rentals on Canada’s Housing Supply | David Wachsmuth | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing | Comparative Project | |
| Gaps Analysis | Craig E. Jones | Reshaping the Financialization of Housing | Comparative Project | - |