Laura Deronne
Housing Policy Advisor, Vivre en Ville
Laura Deronne is an urban planner and a Housing Policy Advisor at Vivre en Ville. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Lille (France) in regional and municipal management and a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Montreal. In 2026, she was awarded the Prix de la relève (Emerging talent Award) by the Québec Urban Planning Order for her implication in the Laboratoire pour l’abordabilité du bâti (LAB), a Québec think tank promoting housing affordability. She is passionate about building inclusive and community-driven housing. She brings experience from managing affordable homeownership programs in France to advising housing co-ops in Quebec. She focuses her work on local public policies—such as public land management and zoning reforms—that help the non-profit housing sector thrive. She also contributed to the publication Opening Doors: Solving the Housing Crisis Sustainably, published by Vivre en Ville.