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Affordable Rental Housing Estimator Tool
HIP.CHEC's NEW Affordable Rental Housing Estimator Tool is LIVE
The amount of private rental in Canada is largely unknown. To solve this, CHEC has created an innovative tool that can estimate what housing is needed in particular areas and where people can afford to live in Canada.
Featured Research
Feds finishing consultation on wartime-inspired housing catalogue
The federal government has received more than 75 written submissions from stakeholders since January on how to design and deliver a standardized design catalogue to speed housing construction.
Canadian Housing Survey a treasure trove for researchers
Where can researchers find data on housing topics in Canada such as the amount of social housing, affordability, or the reasons for evictions?
Homelessness disproportionately impacts racialized communities
Black people are over-represented in homeless counts in Canada but the details of who, where and why are clouded by a lack of data, a webinar audience was told.
Indigenous Housing
CHEC in the News
Hamilton has a plan to keep homes affordable. Time for the feds and province to do their part
A provincial vacancy control policy would eliminate the economic incentive to end tenancies, and virtually end predatory eviction across the province.
Ontario’s rental subsidy can vary by hundreds of dollars, depending on your municipality
“They’ve decentralized this whole thing, and it’s a complete dog’s breakfast,” Steve Pomeroy said, speaking of the difficulty of finding out what each municipality is doing with the benefit.
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Home sharing: a win-win for students and older adults
Home sharing is a quick way to address housing shortages, particularly for vulnerable groups like international students and low-income earners who look for similar rental accommodation.
North’s housing crisis set ablaze by wildfires
Before wildfires ravaged the countryside this summer, throwing communication and transportation into chaos, Canada’s north was already a housing catastrophe.
Tenants create co-op when landlord puts building up for sale
If you live in a rental apartment building, form a tenant association as soon as possible.