Increasing Adequate Supply
This cross-cutting theme investigates the barriers and opportunities to increasing community housing supply in Canada, focusing on ensuring new housing meets adequacy standards beyond just affordability. This area will work with the community housing sector to identify and prioritize supply-side challenges, explore how providers define housing adequacy, and generate policy recommendations for all levels of government to boost adequate supply.
Area Leads
University of Alberta
Damian’s research contributes to addressing the housing affordability crisis in Canada, to understanding the causes of and solutions to homelessness, and to advancing the human right to adequate housing. He is the Director of the Community Housing Canada Research Partnership, which sits within the Collaborative Housing Research Network.
University of Alberta
Joshua’s work examines (a) spaces of care, home, and work and their role in shaping the lived experiences of socially marginalized and vulnerable individuals, and (b) spaces of policy development and implementation and their role in the creation of healthy, enabling and equitable urban environments.
Key Co-Investigators
Lead Community Partners
Civida is the largest provider of community housing in Edmonton. Civida provides insights, data support, and collaboration to help achieve its mandate to provide safe, affordable housing for all who may need it.
The Alberta Seniors & Community Housing Association (ASCHA) supports seniors and community housing providers in Alberta. It offers advocacy, education, and resources to improve housing and services.