About BSH

Learn more about our staff, researchers, partners, and governance

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What We Do

We conduct rigorous community-based research and data analysis to foster a just and equitable housing system through knowledge generation and mobilization.

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Our Vision and Purpose

We aim to inform policy and systemic changes to address socio-economic and racial inequities so that the right to housing is realized and everyone is housed well.

BSH Governance

Our Central Coordinating Committee guides the strategic initiatives, partnerships, funding, and research directions of the Balanced Supply of Housing.

  • Tom Davidoff

    Associate Professor Sauder School of Business University of British Columbia

  • Alexandra Flynn

    Director; Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia

  • Penny Gurstein

    Former PI, Professor Emeritus, School of Community and Regional Planning, UBC

  • Alan Walks

    Professor Department of Geography and Planning University of Toronto

  • David Wachsmuth

    Associate Professor, School of Urban Planning McGill University

  • Julie Mah

    Assistant Professor Department of Human Geography University of Toronto

  • Nik Luka

    Associate Professor Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture McGill University

  • Nathanael Lauster

    Associate Professor Department of Sociology University of British Columbia

  • Cheryll Case

    Executive Director, CP Planning

  • Adam Mongrain

    Executive Director, Vivre en Ville

  • Andrés Peñaloza

    he/him

    Senior Policy Analyst, BCNPHA

BSH Team

Meet the team who support the research going on at the Balanced Supply of Housing.

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Our Community Partners

Our partners are fundamental to doing research grounded in the communities that it serves.

Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA)

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An umbrella organization comprised of 41 indigenous housing and service providers in British Columbia.

Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO)

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A specialty community legal clinic with a provincial mandate to advance and protect the interests of low-income tenants in Ontario.

Association for Generational Equity (AGE)

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A national research, education, and advocacy organization for Canadians in their 20s, 30s, and 40s.

British Columbia Non-Profit Housing Association (BCNPHA)

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The provincial umbrella organization for the non-profit housing sector in British Columbia.

Canadian Network Community Land Trust (CNCLT)

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An umbrella body providing a platform for cross-pollination and capacity-building between actors within Canada’s Community Land Trust sector

Evergreen

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A national non-profit transforming public spaces in our cities to build a healthier future for people and our planet.

Kensington Market Community Land Trust

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A community initiative created to protect the social and economic diversity in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighborhood through the land trust model.

Parkdale Activity-Recreation Center (PARC)

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A social service charitable organization supporting residents and community organizations within the Parkdale neighbourhood of Toronto.

Réseau québécois des OSBL d’habitation (RQOH)

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An umbrella body supporting and representing non-profit housing organizations in Quebec.

Social Purpose Real Estate Collaborative (SPRE)

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A group of funders and investors that strategically engage with and support social purpose real estate in British Columbia.

The Parkdale Neighborhood Land Trust (PNLT)

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A Community Land Trust in Toronto led by a group of residents and organizations trying to protect the social, cultural, and economic diversity of the neighbourhood of Parkdale by redefining how land is used and developed.

Vivre en Ville

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A public interest organization that contributes to the development of sustainable communities throughout Quebec.

Wellesley Institute

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A charitable non-profit that works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the Greater Toronto Area through action on the social determinants of health.

West Neighbourhood House

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A multi-service neighborhood centre serving downtown west Toronto to address critical issues through personal and social change.

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