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The Municipal Role in Housing

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  • Jill Atkey
  • Lilian Chau
  • Nick Falvo
  • Alexandra Flynn
  • Penny Gurstein
  • Craig Jones
  • Greg Suttor
  • Carolyn Whitzman
  • Tomas Hachard
  • Kinza Riaz

    (University of Toronto)

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.

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  • Jill Atkey & Lilian Chau & Nick Falvo & Alexandra Flynn & Penny Gurstein & Craig Jones & Greg Suttor & Carolyn Whitzman & Tomas Hachard & Kinza Riaz, 2022. "The Municipal Role in Housing," IMFG Who Does What 1, University of Toronto, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance.
    • Handle: RePEc:mfg:mfgwdw:1
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    Keywords

    Canada; municipalities; housing; homelessness; rental housing; social housing; intergovernmental finance;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • R28 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Government Policy

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