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Demand-Based Zoning: Aligning Housing Supply with Where People Want to Live
Explore how Jens von Bergmann and Nathan Lauster model demand-based zoning for Vancouver to expand housing supply, equity, and climate resilience.
Unlocking the Missing Middle (2025)
Discover Harvard’s three-part “Unlocking the Missing Middle” series, exploring trends, policy solutions, and supports to expand diverse, affordable housing.
Canada’s housing supply shortages: moving to a new framework (CMHC, June 2025)
Reframing the Challenge CMHC’s latest report marks an important shift in how Canada understands and measures housing need. By focusing on…
Eight Ways to Enable Missing Middle Housing (2025)
What stands between single-family homes and high-rise towers?
Enabling the Missing Middle (2024)
This report explores proven and promising practices from Canada, the U.S., and New Zealand, offering actionable insights to overcome barriers and…
Gentle Density Across Canada (2024)
Explore how cities across Canada are embracing accessory dwelling units (ADUs) with the School of Cities, University of Toronto’s interactive ADU…
Making the Case for the Middle (2024)
Exploring the potential of middle housing production in Alberta.
Subsidizing the Middle: Policies, Tradeoffs, and Costs of Addressing Middle-Income Affordability (2024)
A new report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies to understand the complexities and potential solutions in addressing middle-income…