Partna in Solidarity – Phase II: Exploring the Scattered Land Trust Model in Toronto and Vancouver
Phase II of the research on the scattered land trust model. The scattered land trust model will add affordable housing to properties with single/semi-detached housing via new storeys, basement/laneway/garden apartment, redevelopment into low rise apartments, and/or other improvements.
How can we reimagine land trusts?
Phase II builds on Phase I, the BSH funded ‘Partna – Housing Trust Model Design’ (Toronto) study. Phase I studied comparable models, identified existing policy resources, designed, distributed, and conducted initial analysis of the Partna survey. In Phase II, the Partna (Toronto) and Solidarity Housing (Vancouver) contexts were compared, and a pilot of Partna in partnership with single/semi-detached homeowners launched.
Project Lead(s):
Home Organization:
CP Planning
Other Participants:
Community Partner:
Solidarity Housing
Funding Stream:
Comparative Project
Project Status:
Complete
Methodology
Phase II will use a survey comparison analysis and a pilot program to address two research questions:
Q1. What is needed in the partnership agreement with homeowners to facilitate partnership?
Q2. What is the feasibility of this modelling applied nation wide?
The survey analysis will include comparing 150 responses from the Toronto-based Partna Phase I survey to the Vancouver-based Partna in Solidarity Phase II survey, currently circulating. Respondents from Toronto and Vancouver will be engaged individually and as a group to identify how their needs and preferences can inform the pilot cases. A summary report comparing the Toronto and Vancouver results will help inform how the scattered community housing trust model can be applied across Canada.
The pilot will include identifying Toronto and Vancouver pilot sites alongside policy exploration with policymakers at CMHC and the Cities of Vancouver and Toronto. To determine what needs to be included in a partnership agreement with homeowners to facilitate partnership, financial assessments will be conducted with policy makers, housing developers, homeowners, and related experts. A pilot Partna partnership agreement will be undertaken with up to three homeowners.
Research Outputs
Existing reports, presentation materials, podcasts, webinar recordings and research summaries.
Partna II
Report summary
Partna and Solidarity Housing are exploring the feasibility of a new scatter housing model that will add housing affordable units to single and semi-detached properties.
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