The Municipal Role in Housing

Jill Atkey, Lilian Chau, Nick Falvo, Alexandra Flynn, Penny Gurstein, Craig Jones, Greg Suttor, Carolyn Whitzman, Tomas Hachard and Kinza Riaz
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Kinza Riaz: University of Toronto

No 1, IMFG Who Does What from University of Toronto, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance

Abstract: The housing affordability crisis that increasingly affects city-regions across Canada is at the centre of the policy debate for all orders of government. Municipalities, provinces, and the federal government have produced plans and strategies to address the crisis, highlighting the need to ensure proper coordination across governments. The four papers in this report – written by academics, including legal and planning scholars, and practitioners from non-profit development – look at affordable housing, rental housing, social housing, and homelessness. They identify the ideal role of municipalities in housing policy, where municipalities currently face constraints, how other orders of government can support municipalities, and where intergovernmental cooperation is needed.

Keywords: Canada; municipalities; housing; homelessness; rental housing; social housing; intergovernmental finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H70 O18 R21 R23 R28 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2022-04
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