Reshaping the Financialization of Housing

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.

Researchers

Penny Gurstein, Tom Davidoff, Alan Walks

Research Projects

Project Title Principal Applicant(s) Research Theme Funding Stream Funding Window
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 Mode 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
Understanding Evictions in Canada Silas Xuereb Reshaping the Financialization of Housing, Innovating in Responsive Land Practices Comparative 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
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
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
Gaps Analysis Craig E. Jones Reshaping the Financialization of Housing Comparative Project -

Balanced Supply of Housing Research Cluster

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