Housing needs and conditions

These reports take a closer look at the housing needs and conditions of key populations who face distinct barriers to access stable and affordable housing.

Our objective is to identify effective policy and program interventions, including international best practices, to address the needs of vulnerable populations.

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• Housing Instability: Observations in Canada
• Healthy Homes Adequacy Standard
• The Effect of Ethnic Clustering on Immigrants' Earnings
• Evictions: Focus on Seniors and Older Adults
• Characteristics of Individuals in Persistent Core Housing Need
• North at Home: Understanding Housing Conditions in Northern Ontario
• Case Studies of Sector Initiatives to Meet Accessible Housing Needs
• New Rental Data to Assess Housing Needs
• Addressing the Housing Needs of Refugee Families
• Senior Households in Core Housing Need: A Comparison Between Urban and Rural Areas in Canada
• Labour Market Outcomes and Incomes of Households in Core Housing Need
• 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities
• Newcomers and Government Assisted Refugees
• People with Developmental Disabilities
• Racialized Individuals and Communities
• Veterans
• Youth Exiting Care
• Evictions: New Typologies and Analysis for the Canadian Landscape
• Transitions Into and Out of Core Housing Need
• Is Rental Housing Affordable to Low-Income Households?
• The Impact of Rent Control on Housing Affordability
• House Price and Income Inequality in Canada
• Youth Households Living in Core Housing Need
• Link Between Intergenerational Income Mobility and the Housing Market
• Introducing the Housing Hardship Concept
• Measuring Outcomes of Affordable Housing
• Socio Economic Inequalities in Housing Issues: Measurement and Beyond
• Are Condominium Units With 3 or More Bedrooms Scarce?
• Recent Refugee Housing Conditions in Canada (2016 Census Data)
• Housing Conditions of Female-led Households
• Housing Conditions of Visible Minority Households
• Affordability of Rental Housing in Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs)
• Homeownership in Canada
• Senior Households Living in Core Housing Need in Canada
• Public Land Transfer Practices for Affordable Housing in Canada
• Women and Housing — Identifying Themes
• Defining the Affordability of Housing in Canada
• Looking at Affordable Housing Through a Gender Lens 2018
• Indwell Passive House Design — Developers and Affordable Housing Series
• Housing Conditions of Persons with Disabilities
• Income support in relation to housing in Canada

This research explores the implications of climate change for Canada’s housing system. It studies the impact of climate risks on the existing housing stock, new construction, and our housing finance system.

Our objective is to help ensure future housing construction is energy efficient and resilient to climate change impacts. This includes evaluating innovative and cost-effective approaches enabling the housing industry to mitigate risks.

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• An International Comparative Study of Catastrophe Risk Mitigation and Insurance
• Impact Framework for Sustainable Communities and Buildings
• Post-Occupancy Evaluation of the Salus Karen’s Place Supportive Housing Project
• Incorporating the Impact of Climate Change into Models Related to Housing and Housing Finance
• Treading Water: Impact of Catastrophic Flooding on Canada’s Housing Market
• Arviat E/2 Northern Sustainable House Energy Consumption Performance Assessment

We’re developing partnerships to support Indigenous housing research priorities and Indigenous-identified capacity development needs for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples.

This includes non-status and off-reserve populations living in communities that are urban, rural or remote.

We also work to address the unique housing issues encountered in the north. We collaborate with government and Indigenous partners to ensure that our work meets the needs and priorities of Indigenous peoples.

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• Indigenous housing: Policy and engagement
• Analyzing the impacts of affordable housing in Clyde River, Nunavut
• Ottawa Inuit women’s housing and shelter needs assessment
• Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous Housing
• Cultural Perspectives and Solutions for Indigenous Housing in Calgary
• Housing outcomes for rural and urban (off-reserve) Indigenous Peoples
• Alternative Financing for Indigenous Housing
• The Housing Conditions of Off-Reserve Aboriginal Households
• Housing Conditions of On-Reserve Aboriginal Households