Balanced Supply of Housing
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CMHC-SSHRC funded group of academic and community-based housing researchers with a focus on housing affordability in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, Canada 🍁
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New research reveals financialized violence & #eviction practices target Black communities in Toronto's rental #housing market—nearly 5 times more so than in white-majority areas.
📘 Read the full article: buff.ly/Ya8xME4
🧑💻 Read the key takeaways on the BSH blog: buff.ly/BT4qQDw
📘 Read the full article: buff.ly/Ya8xME4
🧑💻 Read the key takeaways on the BSH blog: buff.ly/BT4qQDw
January 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
New research reveals financialized violence & #eviction practices target Black communities in Toronto's rental #housing market—nearly 5 times more so than in white-majority areas.
📘 Read the full article: buff.ly/Ya8xME4
🧑💻 Read the key takeaways on the BSH blog: buff.ly/BT4qQDw
📘 Read the full article: buff.ly/Ya8xME4
🧑💻 Read the key takeaways on the BSH blog: buff.ly/BT4qQDw
Our Research in Progress webinar series is back!
We're starting off the year with a timely discussion of AGIs, displacement trends specifically among the vulnerable senior population & the rise and proliferation of financialized landlords.
January 27, 10 AM PT/1 PM ET
🧑💻https://bit.ly/RisingAGIs
We're starting off the year with a timely discussion of AGIs, displacement trends specifically among the vulnerable senior population & the rise and proliferation of financialized landlords.
January 27, 10 AM PT/1 PM ET
🧑💻https://bit.ly/RisingAGIs
January 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Our Research in Progress webinar series is back!
We're starting off the year with a timely discussion of AGIs, displacement trends specifically among the vulnerable senior population & the rise and proliferation of financialized landlords.
January 27, 10 AM PT/1 PM ET
🧑💻https://bit.ly/RisingAGIs
We're starting off the year with a timely discussion of AGIs, displacement trends specifically among the vulnerable senior population & the rise and proliferation of financialized landlords.
January 27, 10 AM PT/1 PM ET
🧑💻https://bit.ly/RisingAGIs
Our latest episode of the Overhead in partnership with Spacing Radio is now out! Hear from #CLT leaders Joshua Barndt from PNLT and Norm Leech from DTES CLT who share insight into scaling CLTs, policy hurdles, and reimagining community-led development.
New episode of our housing series The Overhead on the @spacingradio.bsky.social feed: from Parkdale in Toronto to the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, community land trusts are growing, and keeping housing affordable in their communities: spacing.ca/national/202... @bshnode.bsky.social
The Overhead: Community land trusts gaining ground - Spacing National
THIS EPISODE: Community Land Trusts Gaining Ground A good news story in recent years is the amount of progress Community Land Trusts (CLTs) have made in communities across the country. New CLTs are be...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Our latest episode of the Overhead in partnership with Spacing Radio is now out! Hear from #CLT leaders Joshua Barndt from PNLT and Norm Leech from DTES CLT who share insight into scaling CLTs, policy hurdles, and reimagining community-led development.
Celebrating a milestone in community-led #housing!
Huge congratulations to the DTES CLT on acquiring their first building—a transformative step toward housing security in Vancouver's DTES.
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Huge congratulations to the DTES CLT on acquiring their first building—a transformative step toward housing security in Vancouver's DTES.
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Exclusive: Powell Rooms SRO set to become a unique model of community-owned housing
The Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust is buying the building to preserve it as deeply affordable housing and childcare space.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Celebrating a milestone in community-led #housing!
Huge congratulations to the DTES CLT on acquiring their first building—a transformative step toward housing security in Vancouver's DTES.
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Huge congratulations to the DTES CLT on acquiring their first building—a transformative step toward housing security in Vancouver's DTES.
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When research & reason align, we get policies that make sense for livable #density & #housing accessibility.
Vancouver just approved single egress for up to 6 stories—a policy change @conradspeckert.bsky.social & Dr. Nik Luka have long advocated for.
➡️ See more research: bsh.ubc.ca?s=single+stair
Vancouver just approved single egress for up to 6 stories—a policy change @conradspeckert.bsky.social & Dr. Nik Luka have long advocated for.
➡️ See more research: bsh.ubc.ca?s=single+stair
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
When research & reason align, we get policies that make sense for livable #density & #housing accessibility.
Vancouver just approved single egress for up to 6 stories—a policy change @conradspeckert.bsky.social & Dr. Nik Luka have long advocated for.
➡️ See more research: bsh.ubc.ca?s=single+stair
Vancouver just approved single egress for up to 6 stories—a policy change @conradspeckert.bsky.social & Dr. Nik Luka have long advocated for.
➡️ See more research: bsh.ubc.ca?s=single+stair
We know housing can exist outside of market forces, so what's the hold up?
In our latest episode of the Overhead, we sit down with Drs. David Wachsmuth & Leila Ghaffari to tackle one of the most pressing questions in urban policy: Is it possible to decommodify housing?
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In our latest episode of the Overhead, we sit down with Drs. David Wachsmuth & Leila Ghaffari to tackle one of the most pressing questions in urban policy: Is it possible to decommodify housing?
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Episode 15: Decommodifying Housing
Can we truly decommodify housing? In this episode of the Overhead podcast, housing researchers David Wachsmuth and Leila Ghaffari discuss decommodifying housing markets, barriers to affordable housing, and how to create a housing system based on shelter needs rather than investment value.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We know housing can exist outside of market forces, so what's the hold up?
In our latest episode of the Overhead, we sit down with Drs. David Wachsmuth & Leila Ghaffari to tackle one of the most pressing questions in urban policy: Is it possible to decommodify housing?
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In our latest episode of the Overhead, we sit down with Drs. David Wachsmuth & Leila Ghaffari to tackle one of the most pressing questions in urban policy: Is it possible to decommodify housing?
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"Rights do not exist in abstraction: they must be grounded in the social, economic, and institutional systems that make their realization possible."
This #HumanRightsDay, we're reminded of the gap between our housing policy promises & legal reality. Here's what we're doing about it buff.ly/9JwhsAk
This #HumanRightsDay, we're reminded of the gap between our housing policy promises & legal reality. Here's what we're doing about it buff.ly/9JwhsAk
How Evidence-Based Housing Policy Advances the Right to Housing in Canada
Can data chart a right? In this blog, Dr. Alexandra Flynn examines how evidence-based housing research advances the constitutional and legal foundation for housing rights in Canada. Exploring the gap…
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December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Rights do not exist in abstraction: they must be grounded in the social, economic, and institutional systems that make their realization possible."
This #HumanRightsDay, we're reminded of the gap between our housing policy promises & legal reality. Here's what we're doing about it buff.ly/9JwhsAk
This #HumanRightsDay, we're reminded of the gap between our housing policy promises & legal reality. Here's what we're doing about it buff.ly/9JwhsAk
1/2 "In the context of a housing crisis, with over 2500 people homeless in Vancouver and a continual loss of affordable housing, any plan that limits social housing is unacceptable."
Open letter calls against gentrification of the DTES in light of DEOD plan.
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Open letter calls against gentrification of the DTES in light of DEOD plan.
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Hundreds of Academics Sign Letter Against City’s ‘Uplifting the DTES’ Plan
Academics: “Any plan that limits social housing is unacceptable”
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December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
1/2 "In the context of a housing crisis, with over 2500 people homeless in Vancouver and a continual loss of affordable housing, any plan that limits social housing is unacceptable."
Open letter calls against gentrification of the DTES in light of DEOD plan.
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Open letter calls against gentrification of the DTES in light of DEOD plan.
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New research from @risewomenslegal.bsky.social & the National Housing Council shows Canada's housing crisis is trapping survivors. On this Nat'l Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women, we honour those lost to GBV and call for urgent reform.
See more in our latest blog:
See more in our latest blog:
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women 2025
Canada marks December 6th by honoring the 14 women murdered at École Polytechnique in 1989 and confronting today's intersecting crises. New reports reveal how housing insecurity and family law…
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December 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New research from @risewomenslegal.bsky.social & the National Housing Council shows Canada's housing crisis is trapping survivors. On this Nat'l Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women, we honour those lost to GBV and call for urgent reform.
See more in our latest blog:
See more in our latest blog:
We're honoured to be represented alongside incredible research & community-based projects in @uoftcities.bsky.social recent report, Learning From What Works, which spotlights 89 local solutions to making better places.
🏘️ Skip to the #housing chapter for a feature on our #CLT work: buff.ly/4BhEw63
🏘️ Skip to the #housing chapter for a feature on our #CLT work: buff.ly/4BhEw63
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We're honoured to be represented alongside incredible research & community-based projects in @uoftcities.bsky.social recent report, Learning From What Works, which spotlights 89 local solutions to making better places.
🏘️ Skip to the #housing chapter for a feature on our #CLT work: buff.ly/4BhEw63
🏘️ Skip to the #housing chapter for a feature on our #CLT work: buff.ly/4BhEw63
1/2 The Neha Panel's report asks: Is Canada upholding its legal commitment to #housing as a human right?
The answer: Not yet. But the path forward requires understanding what "progressive realization" actually means and how data makes rights real.
📘 Neha Report: buff.ly/ymQumyr
The answer: Not yet. But the path forward requires understanding what "progressive realization" actually means and how data makes rights real.
📘 Neha Report: buff.ly/ymQumyr
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November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
1/2 The Neha Panel's report asks: Is Canada upholding its legal commitment to #housing as a human right?
The answer: Not yet. But the path forward requires understanding what "progressive realization" actually means and how data makes rights real.
📘 Neha Report: buff.ly/ymQumyr
The answer: Not yet. But the path forward requires understanding what "progressive realization" actually means and how data makes rights real.
📘 Neha Report: buff.ly/ymQumyr
Congratulations to our community partner,
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust, on being selected by the City of Toronto to develop Parkdale People’s Place which will remain permanently affordable through #community land ownership.
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Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust, on being selected by the City of Toronto to develop Parkdale People’s Place which will remain permanently affordable through #community land ownership.
🔗 pnlt.ca/land/parkdal...
Neighbourhood Land Trust
Land, Held, Together. Community ownership for community benefit.
pnlt.ca
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Congratulations to our community partner,
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust, on being selected by the City of Toronto to develop Parkdale People’s Place which will remain permanently affordable through #community land ownership.
🔗 pnlt.ca/land/parkdal...
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust, on being selected by the City of Toronto to develop Parkdale People’s Place which will remain permanently affordable through #community land ownership.
🔗 pnlt.ca/land/parkdal...
This week, BSH joined housing leaders, researchers & community partners at Housing Central to discuss complex and intersectional issues around housing affordability.
Read our full conference recap for insights on CLTs, eviction prevention, NOS & Indigenous housing strategies
Read our full conference recap for insights on CLTs, eviction prevention, NOS & Indigenous housing strategies
Housing Central 2025: Land Trusts, Eviction Prevention, and Systems Change
Read our takeaways from Housing Central 2025 conference, including reflections on community land trusts, eviction prevention, and systems change in light of Build Canada Homes and the recently…
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November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This week, BSH joined housing leaders, researchers & community partners at Housing Central to discuss complex and intersectional issues around housing affordability.
Read our full conference recap for insights on CLTs, eviction prevention, NOS & Indigenous housing strategies
Read our full conference recap for insights on CLTs, eviction prevention, NOS & Indigenous housing strategies
Have you ever wondered why apartments are so tiny? It's because our building codes & zoning make family-sized missing-middle #housing nearly impossible.
This Globe piece breaks down the regulatory knot, which BSH research is working to untangle.
This Globe piece breaks down the regulatory knot, which BSH research is working to untangle.
Great visualization in @theglobeandmail.com on the impact of double egress requirements in Canada. A huge disappointment that single stair will not be included in upcoming code changes (very difficult to solve a housing crisis w/o a Team Canada approach).
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The era of the shoebox condo is over. Here’s how Canada can build livable apartments
Canada needs livable apartments to help fix the housing crisis. To do that, it must change the rulebook for both condos and rentals
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Have you ever wondered why apartments are so tiny? It's because our building codes & zoning make family-sized missing-middle #housing nearly impossible.
This Globe piece breaks down the regulatory knot, which BSH research is working to untangle.
This Globe piece breaks down the regulatory knot, which BSH research is working to untangle.
Our recent "Le Dernier Flip" screening & panel explored CLTs, Social Utility Trusts & decommodified #housing models that prioritize community over speculation.
🧑💻 Read our takeaways from the film & discussion in our latest blog:
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🧑💻 Read our takeaways from the film & discussion in our latest blog:
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Le Dernier Flip: Reimagining Housing Through Community Ownership
Le Dernier Flip examines how housing financialization has made homeownership inaccessible for most young Canadians. Learn about Community Land Trusts, Social Utility Trusts, and other models that…
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November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Our recent "Le Dernier Flip" screening & panel explored CLTs, Social Utility Trusts & decommodified #housing models that prioritize community over speculation.
🧑💻 Read our takeaways from the film & discussion in our latest blog:
buff.ly/ub3Dz7E
🧑💻 Read our takeaways from the film & discussion in our latest blog:
buff.ly/ub3Dz7E
1/7 Budget 2025 is out. We asked for investment in the RIGHT types of housing. Here's our take on what #BuildCanadaHomes got right and where critical gaps remain.
#Budget2025
Full analysis: buff.ly/1PbtKwu
Visit bsh.ubc.ca for more on our research.
#Budget2025
Full analysis: buff.ly/1PbtKwu
Visit bsh.ubc.ca for more on our research.
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
1/7 Budget 2025 is out. We asked for investment in the RIGHT types of housing. Here's our take on what #BuildCanadaHomes got right and where critical gaps remain.
#Budget2025
Full analysis: buff.ly/1PbtKwu
Visit bsh.ubc.ca for more on our research.
#Budget2025
Full analysis: buff.ly/1PbtKwu
Visit bsh.ubc.ca for more on our research.
"For housing-first to succeed, we need housing first"—key insight from our BSH panel at #CAEH2025
With fed budget next week and $13B committed to affordable #housing and homelessness, the sector is mobilized.
Full reflections:
With fed budget next week and $13B committed to affordable #housing and homelessness, the sector is mobilized.
Full reflections:
Reflections from CAEH 2025: A Sector United for the Right to Housing
This week, the Balanced Supply of Housing team attended the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) conference, and we left energized, inspired, and reminded of something crucial: we are part of…
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October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
BSH is in Montreal! Join us for a free, in-person film screening and panel discussion on the decommodification of housing this evening at McGill.
🎟️ Reserve your spot at: www.eventbrite.ca/e/le-dernier...
🎟️ Reserve your spot at: www.eventbrite.ca/e/le-dernier...
October 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
BSH is in Montreal! Join us for a free, in-person film screening and panel discussion on the decommodification of housing this evening at McGill.
🎟️ Reserve your spot at: www.eventbrite.ca/e/le-dernier...
🎟️ Reserve your spot at: www.eventbrite.ca/e/le-dernier...
The #Overhead podcast is back for a new season, and our first episode dives into Indigenous-led housing. Hear from BSH Director, Dr. Alexandra Flynn, Dr. Maggie Low, and AMHA's Bailey Waukey. Listen on our website, or wherever you find your podcasts.
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@spacingradio.bsky.social
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@spacingradio.bsky.social
Episode 14: Indigenous-led Housing
What does Indigenous housing look like? Are there special forms of housing needed by Indigenous communities in particular to address specific health and community needs? And what kind of housing can…
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October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The #Overhead podcast is back for a new season, and our first episode dives into Indigenous-led housing. Hear from BSH Director, Dr. Alexandra Flynn, Dr. Maggie Low, and AMHA's Bailey Waukey. Listen on our website, or wherever you find your podcasts.
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@spacingradio.bsky.social
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@spacingradio.bsky.social
Did you miss our latest Research in Progress webinar on Vancouver's Growing #CLT movement?
Find the recording on our website to see what's on the agenda for our community partners at Hogan's Alley Society, the Downtown Eastside CLT, and the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts.
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Find the recording on our website to see what's on the agenda for our community partners at Hogan's Alley Society, the Downtown Eastside CLT, and the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts.
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Research in Progress on Vancouver's Growing CLT Movement
This Research in Progress webinar explores the recent work of two new BSH partners, the Downtown Eastside CLT and Hogan's Alley Society and how their community work is expanding affordable housing in…
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October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Did you miss our latest Research in Progress webinar on Vancouver's Growing #CLT movement?
Find the recording on our website to see what's on the agenda for our community partners at Hogan's Alley Society, the Downtown Eastside CLT, and the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts.
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Find the recording on our website to see what's on the agenda for our community partners at Hogan's Alley Society, the Downtown Eastside CLT, and the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts.
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1/4 @ubcm.bsky.social’s recent declaration that housing is a human right is a landmark step for BC—and a wake-up call for Canada. It’s time to treat housing not as a privilege, but as a right, confronting the housing crisis with urgent, accountable action.
October 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
1/4 @ubcm.bsky.social’s recent declaration that housing is a human right is a landmark step for BC—and a wake-up call for Canada. It’s time to treat housing not as a privilege, but as a right, confronting the housing crisis with urgent, accountable action.
Our first Research in Progress webinar of the fall is this week! 🧑💻
Don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from CNCLT's Nat Pace, Hogan's Alley Society's Djaka Blais, & DTES CLT's Andy Bond & Alie Lynch on Vancouver's growing CLT movement.
✍ Register at bit.ly/VancouverCLTs
Don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from CNCLT's Nat Pace, Hogan's Alley Society's Djaka Blais, & DTES CLT's Andy Bond & Alie Lynch on Vancouver's growing CLT movement.
✍ Register at bit.ly/VancouverCLTs
Our next Research in Progress webinar is coming up!
Register to hear from CNCLT's Nat Pace on policy targets and get an in-depth look at how the DTES CLT and Hogan's Alley are gaining ground in Vancouver with Andy Bond, Alie Lynch and Djaka Blais-Amare.
Register here ➡️ buff.ly/NMOW33V
Register to hear from CNCLT's Nat Pace on policy targets and get an in-depth look at how the DTES CLT and Hogan's Alley are gaining ground in Vancouver with Andy Bond, Alie Lynch and Djaka Blais-Amare.
Register here ➡️ buff.ly/NMOW33V
You are invited to join a webinar: Vancouver’s Growing CLT Movement.
Get an in-depth look at how the Downtown Eastside CLT and Hogan's Alley Society are building community and preserving affordable housing, and what's on the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts'…
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October 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Our first Research in Progress webinar of the fall is this week! 🧑💻
Don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from CNCLT's Nat Pace, Hogan's Alley Society's Djaka Blais, & DTES CLT's Andy Bond & Alie Lynch on Vancouver's growing CLT movement.
✍ Register at bit.ly/VancouverCLTs
Don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from CNCLT's Nat Pace, Hogan's Alley Society's Djaka Blais, & DTES CLT's Andy Bond & Alie Lynch on Vancouver's growing CLT movement.
✍ Register at bit.ly/VancouverCLTs
Is CMHC’s new Canada Housing Design Catalogue a welcome tool for showcasing soft densification design ideas, or is it a blueprint on flipping homes in the name of 'densification'?
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Canada’s Housing Design Catalogue: Ready for Use
Full technical design packages for the Housing Design Catalogue released.
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October 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Is CMHC’s new Canada Housing Design Catalogue a welcome tool for showcasing soft densification design ideas, or is it a blueprint on flipping homes in the name of 'densification'?
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Our first Research in Progress webinar of the season is next week!
➡️ Reserve your spot today: bit.ly/com/VancouverCLTs
➡️ Reserve your spot today: bit.ly/com/VancouverCLTs
Our next Research in Progress webinar is coming up!
Register to hear from CNCLT's Nat Pace on policy targets and get an in-depth look at how the DTES CLT and Hogan's Alley are gaining ground in Vancouver with Andy Bond, Alie Lynch and Djaka Blais-Amare.
Register here ➡️ buff.ly/NMOW33V
Register to hear from CNCLT's Nat Pace on policy targets and get an in-depth look at how the DTES CLT and Hogan's Alley are gaining ground in Vancouver with Andy Bond, Alie Lynch and Djaka Blais-Amare.
Register here ➡️ buff.ly/NMOW33V
You are invited to join a webinar: Vancouver’s Growing CLT Movement.
Get an in-depth look at how the Downtown Eastside CLT and Hogan's Alley Society are building community and preserving affordable housing, and what's on the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts'…
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October 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Our first Research in Progress webinar of the season is next week!
➡️ Reserve your spot today: bit.ly/com/VancouverCLTs
➡️ Reserve your spot today: bit.ly/com/VancouverCLTs
Mark your calendars! Join us Oct 30 6-9 PM in Montreal for a free screening of Le Dernier Flip & expert panel on housing research & de-commodification solutions featuring BSH experts at McGill, Concordia & @vivreenville.bsky.social
➡️🎟️https://buff.ly/MnGZq8e
Special thanks to CNCLT for co-sponsoring!
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Special thanks to CNCLT for co-sponsoring!
October 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mark your calendars! Join us Oct 30 6-9 PM in Montreal for a free screening of Le Dernier Flip & expert panel on housing research & de-commodification solutions featuring BSH experts at McGill, Concordia & @vivreenville.bsky.social
➡️🎟️https://buff.ly/MnGZq8e
Special thanks to CNCLT for co-sponsoring!
➡️🎟️https://buff.ly/MnGZq8e
Special thanks to CNCLT for co-sponsoring!