Out today! Episode 4 of NHAs' podcast talks about the history of tenant rights & tenant organizing in Canada with CCPAs' Ricardo Tranjan. We also discuss the growing influence of corporate landlords and strategies for building power through tenant unions & advocacy. share.transistor.fm/s/e050b932

New paper explores what's causing the evictions crisis in racialized communities. Eviction filing rates were found to be far higher in Toronto's Black-majority neighbourhoods, where corporate landlords dominate the rental market - reaching 36% in some areas. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Preventing the Rapid Loss of Affordable Housing: The NHA podcast speaks with Steve Pomeroy about how to protect Canada’s endangered Low-rent Homes In this month’s episode of the New Housing Alternatives podcast, hosts Cherise Burda and Ren Thomas speak with housing policy expert Steve Pomeroy.…

Today, NHAs' podcast speaks with Steve Pomeroy about the rapid loss of low-rent housing. Across Canada, 11 affordable homes are lost for every 1 built. We talk about what communities and gov’s are doing to protect these much-needed homes, & what more can be done. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

The City of Toronto is ramping up support for non-profit development. Last month, Park­dale Neigh­bour­hood Land Trust was selected to develop a 175­ unit rent-controlled apartment. "We're say­ing yes to devel­op­ment, but it needs to meet community needs” -PNLT www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...

NHA Podcast Episode 2: Non-Profit Housing Solutions This week, we're excited to share the 2nd episode of the New Housing Alternatives podcast, in which hosts Cherise Berda and Ren Thomas are joined by Jill Atkey, CEO of the BC NonProfit Housing Association (BCNPHA). We talk about the impressive…

Yesterday, Bill 60 passed, rolling back many tenant protections. NHAs' new analysis focuses on 6 major changes under Bill 60. It explores how each will erode tenant protections & further fuel Ontario's homelessness crisis. 🧵👇 newhousingalternatives.ca/ontarios-bil...

Tomorrow, Nov. 22, marks the 25th anniversary of National Housing Day, a day to stand up for housing as a human right and recommit to ensuring everyone has a safe, secure and affordable place to call home. Read our reflection on the wins, misses and what’s next for housing in Canada: buff.ly/FCPramy

Out today! NHAs' new podcast's 2nd episode, ft. Jill Atkey (CEO of BCNPHA) We talk recent wins in the movement for non-profit & co-op housing in BC, like the Rental Protection Fund. And we ask why these community-led models may be preferable to gov't ownership. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n...

Tomorrow, check out the 2nd episode of our new NHA podcast! This month our guest is Jill Atkey, CEO of the BC Non-Profit Housing Association. We explore the impressive growth of non-profit housing in British Columbia and ask what other provinces can learn from the BC experience.

A concise overview of budget 2025. “The new Build Canada Homes program…[is] more of a pilot program than a generational investment. The 4k homes to be started under BCH next year is small potatoes relative to needs." 3/4's of the headline housing investment "is a carryover from previous budgets."

Our first HCRC webinar is next week! True to This, Not New to This explores the deep roots of community-led housing through land stewardship, mutual aid, and freedom-making. RSVP: housingcommonsresearch.ca/webinars/com... #CommunityLedHousing #LandStewardship #MutualAid #HousingJustice

“It very well could be a good start, but my concern is that it’s not going to scale up fast enough. The fiscal commitment is pretty weak … it’s not what I would think of as a generational investment," says CCPA senior economist @marclee.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe... .

New from NHAs' blog: our analysis of Ontario's Bill 60. Bill 60, as proposed, will make it easier & faster to evict tenants. We explore 6 proposed changes, showing how they will erode tenants protections & further fuel Ontario's homelessness crisis 👇🧵 newhousingalternatives.ca/ontarios-bil...

NHA proudly joins 134 organizations across Ontario in demanding that #Bill60 — what we call the "Create Encampments Faster Act" — is repealed. Read this co-signed to Premier Ford and demand action from Ford and Ontario's municipalities to protect renters: tinyurl.com/StopBill60

Great piece by Ricardo Tranjan, advancing a powerful idea: "Now that condo prices are down, Ottawa should buy them in bulk" Condo investors should be given "a way out, not a bail out". Non-profits & coops should be given this expanding stock to rent out. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

We're thrilled to be launching the first episode of our New Housing Alternatives podcast! Join us as we speak with researchers, builders, & activists to uncover the roots of Canada's housing crisis, and the community-led solutions we can build on now. share.transistor.fm/s/4b2bd35b

Today, 7pm at U of T! Join us for a panel discussion and public launch of the Housing Commons Research Centre, featuring leaders from the co-op and community land trust movements and mutual aid networks. RSVP here👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/reimaginin...

Exciting to see the City of Toronto moving forward with its public developer model! The City is set to complete its 1st of 5 projects as a public developer by next fall, building 42 new affordable & supportive homes operated by Parkdale Activity & Recreation Centre. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Join us 7pm next Friday, Oct 17 at U of T! This public panel considers how to build the movement for community-led housing across Canada. It also launches NHA's Housing Commons Research Centre, a new interactive platform for housing researchers & practitioners. www.eventbrite.com/e/reimaginin...

We're excited to have awarded our first annual round of research funding to 8 important new projects! Each will be conducted by & about our partners, providing opportunities to compare evolving strategies to protect & expand access to affordable housing. newhousingalternatives.ca/nha-awards-f...

The federal government recently launched Build Canada Homes, signalling renewed leadership on affordable housing. While this is a promising start, to truly tackle the housing and homelessness crisis, the agency must prioritize those in greatest housing need. Read our analysis: buff.ly/VV4e0Hs

Happy to share this essay on the unevenness of evictions across the City of Toronto…check it out at @metropolitiques.bsky.social… @uoftsociology.bsky.social @uoftcities.bsky.social @uoftbrn.bsky.social @newhousingalt.bsky.social @cgsp-cpsm.bsky.social @sdcookcenter.bsky.social

Across Canada, more & more neighbourhoods are launching Community Land Trusts. 45 CLTs now exist, with almost 2/3s launched since 2019. "A Case for CLTs in Canada" explains how this model creates permanently affordable homes, and calls for large scale investment. bsh.ubc.ca/a-case-for-c...

ICYMI, this Toronto Star article explores recent debates over financial landlords. In it, NHA partner Martine August critiques new research by CMHC, showing other studies more robustly demonstrate financial firms are making rental housing less affordable. www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...

Check out this great new report by @policyalternatives.ca (CCPA). It reflects on the history of the West Broadway Community Land Trust, a pioneering CLT in Winnipeg. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The Bundling Assets lab, funded by CMHC & co-run w/ SHS Inc, looks at how nonmarket actors can collaborate to loan equity, develop sites & share management while maintaining org. autonomy. Join us for the launch of the 1st report, based on lessons from 3 practices us06web.zoom.us/webi...

27 housing experts call on BC to reassess recent housing bills they say are📈 land values, speculation & "the wrong kind of supply" (“small, very expensive condos…that replace older affordable rental”). They call for taxes “to manage land prices” & more non-market housing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A great pleasure to have collaborated with so many experienced + established practitioners & researchers in planning, design, architecture, and development on this memo "Advancing Housing Affordability Through Bold, Evidence-Based Policy" #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Build Canada Homes update: A 6-page guide, released Aug 14 by Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Canada, "sets out an initial vision", including this summary table. You can send feedback until Aug 29: [email protected] housing-infrastructure.canada.ca/alt-format/p...

The Rentals.ca Summer 2025 #Renter Survey is out, and it doesn't look good for young Canadians. Nearly 50% are spending over half their income on rent, and many have been looking for suitable alternatives for over a year. buff.ly/x9QVvKN

A few huge financial firms are buying up Toronto's purpose-built rental, 📈from 14% to 24% of all units 2010-21. Starlight & CAPREIT alone own almost half. They're aggressively filing evictions at rates 2.5X >than single-building owners & 1.5X >than corporate chains. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

Don't miss this sharp rebuttal to CMHC’s latest article, “Accelerating rental supply: balancing development and tenant protection”. “A tone-deaf defense of financialized housing that ignores mounting evidence of systemic tenant displacement” by REITs & other investors. hart.ubc.ca/blog/cmhcs-m...

Check out this great piece tracking tenant advocates' longstanding efforts to make the Province of Ontario expand access to air conditioning for renters. As heat waves grow hotter & more frequent, AC "is not a luxury, it's a necessity". thepointer.com/article/2025...

New BSH research, by @seangrisdale.bsky.social, analyzing 385,000+ eviction filings in the GTA (2010-2021) reveals how financialized landlords are systematically undermining housing security & exacerbating inequalities across the region. Read the full report: buff.ly/ZY6GQYS (Thread 1/6)

My new article with Ashley Nickels, Brooke Moeller, Emeline Renz, & Miles Davis-Matthews in @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social explores how nonprofit developers navigate narratives of gentrification in a changing mid-size city (Grand Rapids, MI). Check it out here… journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A series of cascading policy failures have made student housing in the capital region particularly precarious and expensive.

After years of tenant advocacy, Toronto’s Renoviction Bylaw is finally in effect. During renos, landlords must now provide tenants: - Temporary replacement housing or rent-gap payments, OR - 3-month's rent & a moving allowance if they don't want to return to their unit. storeys.com/toronto-reno...

Toronto's new bylaw aims to prevent landlords from evicting tenants for renovations in bad faith. Read @thestar.com article featuring @ricardotranjan.bsky.social www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

Racialized renters in Canada face barriers even before viewing rental units. Our report shows they are 14% less likely to get a response from landlords and property managers, and replies contain 19% fewer words. Learn more about these findings and our policy solutions ➜ buff.ly/5P8ATZW

In this @thetyee.ca opinion piece, BCNPHA CEO @jfatkey.bsky.social calls on #PortCoquitlamBC council to clear the path for much-needed supportive housing. #bcpoli #affordablehousing thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

"The private market alone will never build enough homes at the right price points to solve this crisis. Developers won’t overbuild & drive prices down…Government must step in." Check out NHAs Steve Pomeroy's op-ed, "Why the 'build more homes' mantra won’t cut it" www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

NHAs Steve Pomeroy criticizes Carney's plan to subsidize private developers in the hopes of spurring 2X the rate of building. He notes CMHC itself acknowledged "such a goal was highly unrealistic & could lead to financial instability". vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

Making housing affordable isn’t just about reducing prices. It’s also about raising incomes. On both fronts, we're going the wrong way fast. Across 🇨🇦, “the income gap between wealthy & low-income households has reached a record high" finds NHA's Ricardo Tranjan. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

“The prime minister has gone from Captain Canada to Captain Cuts. And the damage will be deeply felt.” @ricardotranjan.bsky.social in today’s Star.

Tell Your City Councillor You Support #RentSafeTOSigns! Send a letter below to tell your City Councillor you support #RentSafeTOSigns at the front of your building ⤵️ @YSWtenants @nodemovictions @TorontoACORN 2/3 tr.ee/WhhUD2CA0_

The Elders aren't all okay. "Seniors, health care and housing — the crisis few Canadians are talking about" #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Read my new piece with @jasonhackworth.bsky.social in the #JournalofBlackStudies. We have some thoughts about this…and it’s open access!

Brampton is preparing a bylaw to prevent the loss of affordable rental apartments. Developers that demolish or convert rental units could soon be required to replace them & provide tenants “right of return”. But ACORN is pushing to strengthen the policy👇 www.bramptonguardian.com/news/propose...

Sue Bunce, NHA’s Co-Director, speaks with CBC about Toronto’s move to make building garden suites easier. She joins others in applauding the move, but remains skeptical it will meaningfully move the needle for most households struggling with unaffordable rents. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...