Backgrounder: Federal government invests in 18 innovative research projects to support housing and infrastr...
Summary
The project aims to help accelerate whole-system alignment in industry, regulatory and education spheres towards addressing existing challenges and emerging needs for quick adoption of emerging best practices to meet Canadas housing needs.Planning for Success: Infrastructure Master Planning for Small to Medium Sized Municipalities Maturity Assessment and Capacity Building The project aims to help address infrastructure and housing challenges particularly those faced by small and medium sized communities - by developing Infrastructure Master Plans (IMPs) that are used to identify major infrastructure investments to meet population growth targets, support affordable housing, and ensure infrastructure is resilient to climate change.Process and Methodology Improvements for New Best-Practices and a Provincially-Standardized Approach to Housing Needs Assessments The project aims to help improve Housing Needs Assessments (HNAs) by creating a standardized approach that communities can use. This will help governments support communities of all sizes and strengthen analysis for more effective policy responses.The project aims to help develop an evidence-based implementation plan for a Tiny House Community in east Kelowna, aiming to create scalable, sustainable housing solutions to address local housing needs and enhance affordability and homelessness prevention through policy frameworks and evaluations.The project aims to help gather new data and design digital tools to promote positive systems change to solve challenges surrounding infill housing, and to specifically support affordability and housing diversity to foster more inclusive communities.The project aims to help develop a prototype open-source platform to help households, cities, governments to assess the real affordability of residential locations by considering the cost of transportation and housing, help cities and governments plan transit networks, and help organizations to locate their buildings, by also accounting for the costs of accessing them.Increase and diversify the residential offer in low-carbon living environments The project aims to help develop a decision-support tool for municipalities to assess the potential of urban redevelopment, including an analysis of the opportunity costs of under-utilization of parking lots, with the objective of increasing the supply of housing in the right places while containing urban sprawl.Accelerating Affordable Housing Development with an AI-Assisted Platform for Partnerships The project aims to help create an online platform to facilitate partnerships between developers, municipalities, and lenders for innovative mixed-use projects, promoting affordable housing solutions, diverse collaborations, and increased participation from non-traditional funders.The project aims to help develop a feasibility study on the potential to replicate and scale the Home Relocation and Repurposing Program, whose objective is to provide affordable housing to communities in need, including First Nations and exurban areas, by preserving and relocating high-quality homes in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.The project aims to help address the shortage of affordable housing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, through identifying and leveraging under-utilized land and building assets of non-government social purpose organizations to support new affordable housing development.The project aims to help study alternative housing designs that respond to the unique systems, environments, and infrastructure in remote and northern communities. The results and insights to be shared with policymakers seek to support the construction and maintenance of housing in the North.