External Research

People, Places, Policies, and Prospects (P4)

Not all rental housing is equal for health

The People, Places, Policies, and Prospects (P4)-funded paper on rental housing and health published in IJERPH; Not All Rental Housing Is Equal for Health. The snapshot provides key findings and insights that may be valuable for housing providers, policymakers and community partners working to improve housing conditions.

University of Saskatchewan & Community-University Institute for Social Research

Advocating for Housing Rights: A Guide and Toolkit prepared by the Lived Expert Advisory Council and CUISR Research Team

Advocating for Housing Rights: A Guide and Toolkit provides a comprehensive, practical framework for advancing the human right to adequate housing in Canada. Developed by the Lived Expert Advisory Council and the Community-University...

University of Saskatchewan & Community-University Institute for Social Research

Financialization of Housing in Canada: A Case Study of the Eviction Practices of Epic Alliance Properties by Sarah Buhler & Kenechukwu Aneke

In 2013, Saskatoon residents Rochelle Laflamme and Alisa Thompson launched Epic Alliance Real Estate Inc. (Epic Alliance) as a Saskatoon-based “real estate investment company”. Among other things, Epic Alliance facilitated the buying, selling, and renting of residential real estate with funds raised from individual retail investors....

University of Saskatchewan & Community-University Institute for Social Research

UISR Report of Community Conversation: Advocating for Housing Rights by Lived Expert Advisory Council & CUISR Research Team

In the context of a housing crisis and record homelessness tripling to 1,499 between 2022 and 2024 in Saskatoon, Community-University Institute for Social Research (CUISR), University of Saskatchewan, in partnership with its Lived Expert Advisory Council, established as part of...

Catarata

Chapter on the Ottawa Community Land Trust

Crisis de vivienda asequible y alternativas no mercantiles: Los fideicomisos de tierras comunitarias en Canadá by Jill Wigle and Lorena Zárate explores the affordable housing crisis and non-market housing alternatives in Canada, focusing on community land trusts. Published in Ciudades en Común: Diálogos Norte-sur sobre Formas Colectivas de Producción del Hábitat (Madrid: Catarata, 2025)

Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR)

40 Years of Housing and Disability in Manitoba – A Grey Literature Review

Over the past several decades, Canada has witnessed significant challenges in housing, particularly for members of at-risk populations, and disabled people figure prominently...

Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR)

Literature on the right to housing for disabled people

With over 170 entries, this annotated bibliography represents the first comprehensive collection of grey literature on the right to housing for disabled people in Canada, focusing on four provinces...

People, Places, Policies and Prospects (P4)

Rental housing types and economic wellbeing in Canada

The aim of this article is to examine the association between different types of rental housing and household economic wellbeing. Its main objective is to better...

Jacqueline Kennelly

Burnt by Democracy: Youth, Inequality, and the Erosion of Civic Life

Burnt by Democracy traces the political ascendance of neoliberalism and its effects on youth. The book explores democracy and citizenship as described in interviews with over forty young...

THECONVERSATION

What’s behind Canada’s housing crisis? Experts break down the different factors at play

Canadians are in the grip of a deepening housing crisis, yet not everyone agrees on what exactly the housing crisis is. The common narrative focuses on...

Social Science & Medicine

Does receipt of social housing impact mental health? Results of a quasi-experimental study in the Greater Toronto Area

Affordable housing is commonly described as an important determinant of health, but there are relatively few intervention studies of the effects of...

Nick Falvo Consulting

Economic and social factors associated with the use of homeless shelters

Researchers seeking to understand what causes homelessness often pay close attention structural causes—that is, factors that...

Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR)

Nowhere to Go: Gender-based violence and housing insecurity in Ontario

Gender-based violence (GBV) and intimate partner/interpersonal violence (IPV) are pervasive problems impacting millions of people...

CBC News

Where can you afford to rent?

Canada is in a rental housing crisis, with affordable homes disappearing at an alarming rate across the country. According to a CBC News analysis of over 1,000...