Housing and Community Development

Canada needs 5.8 million new homes by 2030 to restore housing affordability. This is a historic opportunity to build more and better housing for a fast-growing population of homeowners, renters, seniors, young families, students, and precariously housed.

What does it mean to build more and better housing? For the Task Force for Housing & Climate, as for up to 85 percent of Canadians, it means making it affordable, making it low-carbon, and making it resilient to the worsening impacts of climate change, while also making it at scale to hit our housing targets."

BLUEPRINT FOR MORE AND BETTER HOUSING

https://housingandclimate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Blueprint-for-More-and-Better-Housing-Mar-2024-EN.pdf

"Every day, millions of Americans struggle to find housing they can afford. Climate change makes finding stable housing even more precarious for low-income renters in the US. The only way out of our housing and climate crises is through a massive investment in housing as a public good: by developing a national green social housing agenda. We propose the creation of a federal Green Social Housing Development Authority (Green SHDA) to build and preserve millions of homes outside of the predatory real estate market, allowing people to have a permanent roof over their heads, to have a stronger voice in their community,  and to live safely in our changing climate."

Green Social Housing at Scale

https://www.climateandcommunity.org/_files/ugd/d6378b_b31dfb80a99d426e89e8d2109a94a904.pdf

National Shelter Standards for Women and Gender-Diverse People

"How can we ensure emergency shelters across Canada genuinely support the rights and needs of women and gender-diverse people? 

Today, we are excited to launch the Human Rights-Based, Gender-Sensitive National Standards for Emergency Shelters across Canada to provide a roadmap for shelters to adopt policies and practices that align with the right to housing and contribute to better outcomes for women and gender-diverse persons who are unhoused."

The National Right to Housing Network

https://housingrights.ca/wp-content/uploads/National-Standards-for-Emergency-Shelters-Across-Canada-July-2024.pdf

Grounding Justice: Toward Reparative Spatial Futures in Land and Housing

This report serves as an anchoring document for our work in reparative spatial justice. It is both a call to action and an open invitation for collaboration and discussion that embraces the conversations, tensions, and collective growth that this path demands. 

07_15_24_grounding_justice_report.pdf

Infill Housing & Land Use As A Tool To Fight Climate Change

"Housing for climate: a straightforward solution to two major crises

We are facing a climate crisis. To address this, we should increase the stock of multifamily housing in urban areas. Increasing urban density and adding housing will not only reduce our emissions but allow us to address the cost of living crisis in our cities. Advocates for climate action and advocates for housing can and must work together to tackle these intertwined crises."

https://abundanthousingla.org/wp-content/uploads/conference/Housing_for_Climate_White_Paper.pdf