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- Health and Support Work
- Homelessness
- Human Right to Housing
- Resident Experiences
Development and Expansion
Affordable housing promises
CBC Shift – NB, Sept. 23, 2024.
Are Secondary Suites Positive Additions to Municipalities?
Bolen, R., Grande, I., Swanson, B. 2022
As Liberals, Greens pledge housing reforms, PCs say current system is working
CBC News, Sept. 29, 2024
BC to impose cooling-off period for home buyers, the first of its kind in Canada
Yan, A., Interviewed by Hunter, J. for Globe & Mail, 2022
Before displacement: studentification, campus-led gentrification and rental market transformation in a multiethnic neighbourhood (Parc-Extension, Montreal)
Jolivet, V., Reiser, C., Baumann, Y. & Gonzales, R. Urban Geography, 2022
Bursting social bubbles after COVID-19 will make cities happier and healthier again
Holden, M., Mahmood, A., Akbarnejad, G., Martin, L. & Winters, M. The Conversation, 2022
The cadence of “imaginaries” and collective re-imagining in community housing
Shields, R. Background Paper, Community Housing Canada, 2021
Canada isn’t prepared to deal with large investors’ growing interest in single-family homes
Yushu Zhu, interviewed and quoted in Globe and Mail, June 25, 2022.
Commentary: Housing advocates ask for policy and planning considerations in the wake of provincial investment
LeBlanc, S., Pappas, J., and Reiser, C. NB Media Co-op, 2022
Community’s rescue of Saint John transitional housing project ‘almost miraculous’ Woodhall-Melnik, J. Interviewed by Ibrahim, H. CBC News, 2022
Councillor votes against project in own ward to make point about affordable units
Woodhall-Melnik, J. Interviewed by Bird, L. CBC News, 2022
Creating Sustainable Post-Covid Strategies For Northern Housing (webinar series)
Schiff, R. (chair), At Home in the North and Community Housing Canada, 2021
Demystifying Community Housing: Resilience and Challenges of the Community Housing Sector
Hemingway, A., Pomeroy, S., Maes Nino, C., Bonjean Montrose Interviewed by Ali, H. & Mhuriro, N. Demystifying Community Housing podcast, 2024
Demystifying Community Housing: The Future of Community Housing
Blais, D., Byers, R. Evans, J. Bernhardt, F., Interviewed by Ali, H. & Mhuriro, N. Demystifying Community Housing podcast, 2024
Demystifying Community Housing: Welcome to Demystifying Community Housing
Zhu, Y., Holden, & M. Montrose, R.B. Interviewed by Ali, H. & Mhuriro N. Demystifying Community Housing podcast, 2024
Demolition date for Northlands Coliseum still up in the air, almost 5 years after it closed
Collins, C. interviewed by CBC Edmonton, November 8th, 2022
Demystifying Community Housing: Why Do We Need Community Housing?
Hemingway, A. Albert, M. Collins, D. interviewed by Ali, H. & Mhuriro N. Policy options podcast, 2024
‘Disheartening to hear’: housing expert on REITs and why Sackville should be worried about the sale of 82 rental units to one
Erica Butler interviews Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, CHMA Radio, November 25th 2022
Episode 1: Dr. Carolyn Whitzman
Evans, J. Community Housing Futures Podcast, 2022
False housing data helped terminate N.B. rent cap
Robert Jones interviews Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, CBC News December 8th, 2022
La gentrification par projet. Politiques publiques et revalorisation des quartiers péricentraux, le cas du Campus MIL à Montréal
Jolivet, V. et Reiser, C. à paraître. Métropoles, 2022
‘Grad student’s research tackles rising housing prices in rural hometown’
Cizek, E., interviewed for the University of Alberta Sustainability Council, 2022
“How we build housing vs. how much housing we build”
Yushu Zhu, interview with People First Radio, – Vancouver Island Mental Health Society, September 13, 2022
Housing minister rules out vacancy control for now
Woodhall-Melnik, J. Telegraph-Journal, Dec. 4, 2024.
Housing issues in NB
CBC Information Morning – Saint John, Oct. 11, 2024.
Life in Community Housing
Albert, M., Azaroff, W., Smith, A., Wong, R., Gill, P. Interviewed by Ali, H. & Mhuriro N. Demystifying Community Housing podcast, 2024
Making Room for Whom? (Op-Ed)
Yan, A. The Vancouver Sun, 2022
More than a Roof – Finding home post-pandemic through community housing
Schiff R. Housing Post Pandemic Panel. Simon Fraser University – Pandemonium series, 2021
More housing supply isn’t the cure-all for the housing crisis
Zhu, Y., Vaes Mahdavi, D. & Holden, M. The Conversation, 2022
Neoliberalization and inequality: disparities in access to affordable housing in urban Canada 1981–2016
Zhu, Y., Yuan, Y., Gu, J., & Fu, Q. Housing Studies, 2021
New Brunswick announces funding to build 380 public housing units over the next four years
Information Morning Moncton interviews Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, October 18th, 2022
Non-Market Housing Models in Canada: A Case series
Schiff, R & Wilkinson, A. Thunder Bay, Lakehead University, 2022
Presentation: “New Brunswick Housing Summit 2022” (Cliquez ici pour la présentation en français).
Collins, D. UNB Housing Day. Saint John, NB, November 2022
Province to invest in public housing
Information Morning Fredericton, CBC Radio with Jeanne Armstrong interviews Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, October 18th, 2022
Quand les groupes communautaires prennent le relais : réponses du tiers-secteur au mal-logement et à la gentrification dans deux quartiers tremplins d’immigration de Montréal
Reiser, C. Lien Social et Politiques, 2022
“Secondary Suites, Second Thoughts.”
Swanson, B. CHEC Emerging Research/Emerging Scholars Webinar, March 2022
Special Election Podcast: Housing
#NBPOLI Podcast, Sept. 26, 2024.
Vacant housing
Shift (NB) interviews Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, January 11th, 2023
Video: Housing Researcher Profile
Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, April 18th, 2023
What is Community Housing?
Schiff, R., Sullivan, R., Hulchanski, D, Interviewed by Ali, H. & Mhuriro N. Demystifying Community Housing podcast, 2024
What will it take to solve NB’s housing crisis?
Telegraph-Journal, Oct. 4, 2024.
Will party promises on housing solutions be enough to solve the housing crisis?
Woodhall-Melnik, J. CBC Information Morning – Moncton, Oct. 11, 2024.
3 housing experts weigh in on what’s missing in New Brunswick housing policy
CBC News, Oct. 11, 2024.
$100M for public housing
Information Morning Saint John with Julia Wright interviews Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, October 18, 2022
Energy Efficiency and Climate Change
Atlantic Canada has nation’s highest level of “energy poverty”
Honywill, B. for the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative, 2022.
Economist corrects minister who cited him in defence of dropping rent cap
Hadeel Ibrahim interviews Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, CBC News, December 1st, 2022
Enhancing building performance in community housing: Year One research journey
Humble, R. & Das, R., Area Report, Community Housing Canada, 2021
Just Energy Transition in Community Housing Systems (JET-CHS): Mapping the Energy Transition Complexity through a Participatory Systems Approach.
Issac, J., Das, R., & Newell, R. Area Report, Community Housing Canada, 2024
Keeping the Lights On: Ensuring energy affordability, equity, and access in the transition to clean electricity in Canada
Das, R. & Martiskainen, M. presentation to the David Suzuki Foundation, Virtual, October 2022
Living with disaster: Exploring complex decisions to stay in or leave flood prone areas
Woodhall-Melnik, J. & Weissman, E. P. Housing Studies, 2021
Quantifying the prevalence of energy poverty across Canada: Estimating domestic energy burden using an expenditures approach
Das, R., Martiskainen, J. & Li, G. The Canadian Geographer, 2022
Health and Support Work
Exploring health, wellbeing, and community support in cooperative housing models in Canada
Alday, C., Schiff, R. & Wilkinson, A. Area Report, Community Housing Canada, 2025
“There’s a lot of work that still needs to be done”: Examining anti-racism initiatives in social housing
Wilkinson, A. & Schiff, R. Area Report, Community Housing Canada, 2025
ESG Board Toolkit
Ali, M. Mitacs Internship, Alberta Seniors and Community Housing Association (ASCHA), 2022
From Principle to Practice: Practitioner Perspectives on Permanent Supportive Housing in Edmonton, Alberta
MacDonald, A. & Evans, J. Draft Report, Affordable Housing Solutions Lab, 2021
Frostbite amputations hit 10-year high in Edmonton last winter, new data show
Collins, D. 630 CHED, January 12th, 2023
Getting Help: Findings from Two World Cafés with Youth who Experience Homelessness
Woodhall-Melnik, J., Hamilton-Wright, S., Hamilton-Wright, E., Guilcher, S. J., & Matheson, F. I, Canadian Journal of Family and Youth, 2022
Housing vulnerability and well-being in the COVID-19 pandemic: A B.C. Survey on the secondary effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions
Zhu, Y., Holden, M., Vaez Mahdavi, D. & Zeng, Z. Area Report, Community Housing Canada, 2022
How the drive to stop a virus mobilized Canada’s research community
Schiff, R. interviewed by Lawes, D. ResearchInfoSource.com, 2021.
Intervention de proximité auprès de résidents d’habitations à loyer modique de Montréal et Québec.
Parent, A. A., Reiser, C., & Tourillon-Gingras, S. Nouvelles pratiques sociales, 2022
Longitudinal interrelationships of mental health discrimination and stigma with housing and well-being outcomes in adults with mental illness and recent experience of homelessness
Mejia-Lancheros, C., Lachaud, J., Woodhall-Melnik, J., O’Campo, P., Hwang, S. W., & Stergiopoulos, V. Social Science & Medicine, 2021
NB housing study protocol: investigating the relationship between subsidized housing, mental health, physical health and healthcare use in New Brunswick, Canada
Woodhall-Melnik, J., Dunn, J. R., Dweik, I., Monette, C., Nombro, E., Pappas, J., & Stewart, C. BMC Public Health, 2022
Overview of Fostering Social Inclusion through Community Housing
Woodhall-Melnik, J. Area Report, Community Housing Canada, 2021
Pandemic Preparedness and Response in Service Hub Cities: lessons from Northwestern Ontario.
Schiff R, Krysowaty B, Hay T and Wilkinson A. Housing, Care, and Support, 2021
Social support, depression and self-reported physical health in persons waiting for access to subsidized housing.
Woodhall-Melnik, J., Lamont, A., Nombro, E., Dunn, J., Dutton, D.J. (2024). Sage Open, 14(3).
A Systematic Review of the Relationship between Publicly Subsidized Housing, Depression, and Anxiety among Low-Income Households
Dweik, I. & Woodhall-Melnik, J. International Journal of Housing Policy, 2022
Publicly subsidized housing and physical health: a literature review.
Dweik, I., Watson, B., & Woodhall-Melnik, J. (2024). Housing Studies, 39(8), 2117-2142.
“We actually came to a point where we had no staff”: Perspectives of Senior Leadership in Canadian Homelessness Service Providers During COVID-19
Campbell S, Noël C, Wilkinson A, Schiff R, and Waegemakers Schiff J. International Journal on Homelessness, 2022
Homelessness
Associations of resilience with quality of life levels in adults experiencing homelessness and mental illness: a longitudinal study
Mejia-Lancheros, C., Woodhall-Melnik, J., Wang, R., Hwang, S. W., Stergiopoulos, V., & Durbin, A. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2021
Counting the Undercounted: Prevalence and scope of rural homelessness in Canada
Schiff, R., Wilkinson, A., Pelletier, S., Kelford, T., & Waegemakers. International Journal on Homelessness, 2022
Filling in the gaps: examining the prevalence of Black homelessness in Canada
Wilkinson, A., Muhajir, K., Bailey-Brown, P., Jones, A., & Schiff, R. Housing, Care and Support, 2023
Following Up: Putting rural homelessness on the radar.
Schiff R. interviewed by Kaufman, I. for TBnewswatch.com, 2021
Homelessness and COVID–19
Schiff R. interviewed by Paiken, S. for TVO: The Agenda with Steve Paiken, 2021.
The impact of COVID-19 on research within the homeless services sector
Waegemakers Schiff, J., Weissman, E. P., Scharf, D., Schiff, R., Campbell, S., Knapp, J., & Jones, A. Housing, Care and Support, 2021
Making a positive impact by studying and improving housing security
UNB Newsroom interviews Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, October 20th, 2022.
More than a Roof – Finding home post-pandemic through community housing
Schiff, R. Panel: Housing Post Pandemic. Simon Fraser University – Pandemonium Series, January 2021
New Brunswick dumps rent cap for complaint-driven, case-by-case increase protection system
Woodhall-Melnik, J., interviewed by Butler, E. for CHMA November 25th, 2022
The next step of developing and testing evidence-based interventions for older adults who experience problem gambling and homelessness
Woodhall-Melnik, J. and Matheson, F. Commentary on Vandenberg et al.: Addiction, 2022
The reticent state? Interpreting emergency responses to homelessness in Alberta, Canada
Evans, J., Stout, M., Collins, D., McDowell, K. Housing Studies, 2022
Rural and Remote Responses to Homelessness during a Pandemic
Schiff, R. Webinar for National Alliance to End Rural and Remote Homelessness, November 2020
5 Myths about homelessness and housing instability: Tweet 1, Tweet 2, Tweet 3, Tweet 4, Tweet 5
HOME-RL Lab, January 15th, 2021
Human Right to Housing
À court terme, on reste là !’ Précarisation résidentielle des familles immigrantes dans les quartiers tremplins de Montréal
Reiser, C. Symposium Inégalités, quartiers, pandémie : réflexions et prospectives, Partenariat de recherche sur les quartiers en transition (PRQT) et partenariat Immigration et résilience en milieu urbain (IRMU), Montréal QC, Février 2022
Addressing the continuing quandary of theory in housing research: A systematic review of contemporary literature.
Bates, L. & Collins, D. Housing, Theory & Society, 2023
At Home Here?: LGBTQ refugees’ housing experiences in Alberta, Canada
McDowell, K. Report. University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, 2022
Discriminations en matière de logement et pistes d’action pour l’arrondissement Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension.
Reiser, C. et Breault, G. Rapport de recherche de l’Association des Locataires de Villeray (ALV) pour le Bureau d’intégration des nouveaux arrivants de la ville de Montréal (BINAM), 2021
Housing Vulnerability Reconsidered: Applications and Implications for Housing Research, Policy and Practice
Zhu, Y., Holden, M., & Schiff, R. Housing, Theory and Society, 2024
Intersecting Barriers: Housing vulnerability among LGBTQ refugees in Alberta, Canada
McDowell, K. & Collins, D., Housing, Theory & Society, November 2023
LGBTQ2 Vulnerability in the Canadian Housing Sector
McDowell, K. Student Report, Community Housing Canada, 2020
Logement social — Right to Housing: A Sceptical Overview of Social Housing Research, Policy and Struggle in Montréal
Shields, R. Paper for Canadian Sociological Association Conference, 2021
New Directions in Community Housing Research
Collins, D., de Vos, E. & McDowell, K. Edmonton Housing Month: Capital Region Housing and University of Alberta presentation, November 2020
New study reveals intensified housing inequality in Canada from 1981-2016
Zhu, Y. The Conversation, 2021
The Residential Tenancies Tribunal faces an avalanche of requests for reviews of rent increases
Information Morning – Saint John with Julia Wright interviews Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik April 13th, 2023
The Right to Housing in Edmonton: What are your Rights when Renting?
Collins, D. Affordable Housing Solutions Lab, April 2021
The right to a roof overhead
Woodhall-Melnik, J. CBC Saint John interview – radio, 2022
Top research institutions are playing a critical role to ensure Canada’s post-pandemic recovery is sustainable, resilient and equitable.
Schiff, R. interviewed by Lawes, D. for ResearchInfoSource, 2021
The Vulnerability of Newcomers (Including Refugees) in the Canadian Housing Sector
Preisler, S. Student Report, Community Housing Canada, 2021
“What motivates me is the human right to housing”
Collins, D. interviewed by CHEC. Fixing up housing policy – from research to reality podcast, 2024
“When we do evict them, it’s a last resort”: Eviction prevention in social and affordable housing.
Collins, D., de Vos, E., Evans, J., Severson Mason, M., Anderson-Baron, J., Cruickshank, V. & McDowell, K. Housing Policy Debate, 2022
Resident Experiences
Advocacy groups call for rent cap, more power for tenants
CBC News, Oct. 10, 2024.
Affordable housing expert has some solutions to growing problem
Woodhall-Melnik, J. interviewed by Wright, J. Information Morning Saint John CBC, 2021.
Big real estate deals will bring no immediate changes for tenants, say building owners
Woodhall-Melnik, J. interviewed by Butler, E. for CHMA, December 8th, 2022
Canada-New Brunswick Housing Benefit leaves out many facing housing crisis
Reiser, C. & Woodhall-Melnick, J. NB Media Co-op, 2022
A Conversation with Dr. Cynthia Puddu and Cheyenne Greyeyes
Puddu, C. & Greyeyes, C. Interviewed by Ekelund, B. & Cave, D. S1E1 – Research (Re)Casted, 2021
Elderly renters given short notice of 43 percent rent hike
Woodhall-Melnik, J. interviewed by Jones, R. CBC News, 2022
Evaluating the Dwelling Satisfaction of Households with Disabled Members in Ontario, Canada
Langdon, N. Master’s Thesis. McMaster University, Hamilton ON., 2022
Help the Coverdale Centre for Women: An urgent call to support a needed transitional housing project.
Reiser, C., Woodhall-Melnick, J. & Leblanc-Haley, T. NB Media Co-op, 2022
Home-Making and Tenancy Sustainability
Stout, A. Student Report, Community Housing Canada, 2020
House and home: Capital and migrants
Reiser, C. CERC in Migration and Integration, Ryerson University, Toronto ON., June 2021
How sociable is life in multi-unit rental housing?
Akbarnejad, G., Holden, M., Martin, L., Mahmood, A. & Winters, M. Simon Fraser University and Hey Neighbour Collective article, 2022
Housing and psychosocial well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
Zhu, Y., & Holden, M. Habitat International, 2023
I-CLICK Photography Presents: A Journey Into Storytelling Through The Lens of Saint John’s Youth
Monette, C. & Woodhall-Melnik, J. Third Shift Festival, Saint John NB., 2021
Imagining Community Housing Futures
Website, Gim, J.
The influence of disability-related dwelling adaptations on household dwelling satisfaction.
Langdon, N., Wilton, R., & Newbold, K. B. Housing and Society, 2023
Intervention de proximité auprès des résidents de HLM de Montréal et Québec
Parent, A-A. et Reiser, C. Midis InterActions, CIUSSS du nord de l’île, Montréal QC, Avril 2021
‘It’s just my home, you know?’ Homemaking and Belonging for People Labelled/with Intellectual Disability
O’Donnell, S. Master’s thesis, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, 2022
Kitchen Talk EP05: Tenants’ Rights
Woodhall-Melnik, J. interviewed by Bell, C. Fibe TV [Broadcast], 2021.
Loneliness & the city: What kind of city will help strengthen the bonds between people?
M. Hoar. International Conference on Loneliness, Barcelona. November 9-10, 2022.
Migrants bear the brunt of Canada’s worsening housing crisis
Reiser, C.Open Democracy, (2021).
N.B. government opens investigation into Fredericton rent increases
Woodhall-Melnik, J. interviewed by Jones, R. CBC News, 2021
N.B. housing assistance program expanded to include people who live alone
Woodhall-Melnik, J., interviewed by Hannah Rudderham for CBC News. February, 16th 2023
N.B. landlords, tenants groups pan property tax cut
Woodhall-Melnik, J. interviewed by Jones, R. CBC News, 2022
Neoliberalism and vulnerability in social housing
Leigh, E., & MacDonald, K. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 2023
New Brunswick’s Housing Crisis
Woodhall-Melnik, J. (Interviewed by Wright, J.). Information Morning Saint John CBC, 2022
Perceptions of Health and Wellbeing Benefits from Living in Housing Cooperatives in Canada
Sidhu, M., Master’s Thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay ON, 2022
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: A photovoice exploration into social connections at home
Martin, L. & Holden, M. Simon Fraser University and Hey Neighbour Collective, 2021
Picturing a Home: A New Perspective on Home-Making Through Photo-Elicitation
Stout, A., & Collins, D. Housing, Theory and Society, 2024
Point of view – An I-Click Photography Exhibit. Photography exhibit with TRC and HOME-RL, Saint John City Market.
Monette, C. & Woodhall-Melnik, J. Saint John NB, 2022
Repenser la vulnérabilité résidentielle en temps de crise
Parent, A., Reiser, C., Lee, E.O.J., 2023
Saint John tenants nervous about Historic real estate deal
Woodhall-Melnik, J. interviewed by Wright, J. CBC News, 2020.
‘Trying to gouge us’: Couple hit with 61 per cent rent hike
Woodhall-Melnik, J. interviewed by Grant, R., Toronto Star 2022
The Unprotected and Ignored Renter: Movement toward rental policy reform, poverty reduction, and vibrant communities in Saint John
Woodhall-Melnik, J. Social Justice and the City, Fredericton NB., May 2021
‘You do whatever you have to do’: Long commutes a necessity for many Simcoe County residents
Schiff, R. interviewed by Ramsay, J. for Simco.com, 2021
