Innovating in Responsive Land Practices

Exclusionary land practices have privileged a cultural preference for low-density single detached home ownership creating a mismatch in dwellings relative to housing need and demand. 

Researchers

Penny Gurstein, Paul Kershaw, Nik Luka, Susannah Bunce

Research Projects

Project Title Principal Applicant(s) Research Theme Funding Stream Funding Window
Community Owned Housing in Toronto's Chinatown Chiyi Tam Reshaping the Financialization of Housing, Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Community-Focused Project
Moving forward on the 'missing middle' Nik Luka Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Comparative Project
Building the Foundations of an Indigenous Women-Led Land Trust in Toronto Tiffaney Malley Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Community-Focused Project
Policy Report & Profile Series on Canadian Community Land Trusts Susannah Bunce Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Comparative Project
Concerted action on the 'missing middle' : Reforming the National Building Code to allow single-egress multi-unit housing Nik Luka Innovating in Responsive Land Practices 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
Comparing First Nations Led Land and Housing Regulation Models across Metro Vancouver Nathanael Lauster Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Comparative Project
Re-evaluating National Occupancy Standards: A Comparative Analysis of Housing Suitability Measures in Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario Alina McKay Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Comparative 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
Mapping the Zoning of First Nations in Metro Vancouver Alexandra Flynn Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Community-Focused 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
Toward abolition of R1 zoning and the two-egress straitjacket? Nik Luka Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Comparative Project
Who Owns Chinatown? Mapping Ownership and Precarity to Mobilize a Community Land Trust Kuni Kamizaki Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Community-Focused Project
Indigenizing Supportive Housing: The Dual Model of Housing Care. Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Comparative Project
Strategies for improving access to safe, clean, affordable housing during beyond COVID-19: A case study of Lachine Nik Luka Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Community-Focused Project
Urban Indigenous Housing in British Columbia: Margaret Low Innovating in Responsive Land Practices 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
New Directions in Affordability-Focused Land Policy and Practice Penny Gurstein Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Comparative Project
Understanding Workforce Housing Xuerou Wang Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Comparative Project
A Community Action Research Project on Tower Rentals in Parkdale Joshua Barndt Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Community-Focused Project
Community Capacity Building in Community Land Trusts for Affordable Housing Susannah Bunce Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Community-Focused Project
Expansion of Laneway Homes in Vancouver: household acceptance and builders' choices Tom Davidoff Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Community-Focused Project

Balanced Supply of Housing Research Cluster

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