Publications
Browse reports, journal articles, databases and more research outputs from our projects.
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Canadian Eviction Process Dashboard
Learn moreThis interactive tool provides a comparative overview of tenant protections across Canadian provinces, highlighting key differences in eviction processes to support informed analysis and discussion.
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Recommendations for Strengthening Canadian Renters’ Security of Tenure
Learn moreThis report provides the first comprehensive review of residential tenancy eviction laws across Canada’s provinces. Drawing on all provincial Residential Tenancy Acts, the report introduces a four-step framework—notice of termination, dispute period, hearing and decision, and order of possession—to bring clarity to complex and varying legislation.
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A Review of Canadian Eviction Filing Processes
Learn moreThis report provides the first comprehensive review of residential tenancy eviction laws across Canada’s provinces. Drawing on all provincial Residential Tenancy Acts, the report introduces a four-step framework—notice of termination, dispute period, hearing and decision, and order of possession—to bring clarity to complex and varying legislation.
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Expropriation and Refusal: Black Tenants, Racial Capitalism, and the Struggle for Home at Chalkfarm Drive
Learn moreThis paper by Dr. Nemoy Lewis and Dimitri Panou examines racialized housing extraction in Toronto’s financialized rental market through a case study of Black newcomer tenants. The study reframes eviction as an ongoing infrastructure of governance within racial capitalism, and calls for abolitionist housing frameworks that dismantle landlord power and advance tenant self-determination.
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Inside Montreal’s inclusionary zoning debate: Who participates and what do they say?
Learn moreIn 2019, Montréal proposed requiring 40% of new housing units to be below-market rate. This research, which analyzes 147 public submissions from citywide hearings, reveals a predictable split: affordable housing advocates supported the policy while developers opposed it, with both sides echoing existing academic debates about inclusionary zoning’s effectiveness.
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Financialized Violence in Toronto’s Rental Market: Eviction Rates in Majority Black Renter Communities
Learn moreThis comprehensive analysis of Toronto’s rental market between 2016 and 2021 uncovers a disturbing reality: eviction rates are highest in Black-majority neighborhoods, and this pattern intensifies when properties are owned by financialized landlords.
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Outils pour surmonter les obstacles institutionnels à la production de logements à but non lucratif
Learn moreCette étude, réalisée par le partenaire communautaire de BSH, Vivre en Ville, examine les obstacles systémiques qui freinent la construction de logements à but non lucratif à Montréal depuis la fin du programme AccèsLogis du Québec, en identifiant les freins financiers, politiques et institutionnels qui limitent le développement de logements subventionnés dans le contexte actuel…
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Tools for Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Non-Profit Housing Production
Learn moreThis study by BSH community partner, Vivre en Ville, examines the systemic barriers preventing non-profit housing construction in Montreal following the end of Quebec’s AccèsLogis program, identifying financial, political, and institutional obstacles that limit subsidized housing development during the current housing crisis.
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A Case for Community Land Trusts in Canada: Promising Community Practices and Public Policy Options
Learn moreThis report by BSH researcher Kuni Kamizaki examines how community land trusts can transform Canada’s housing landscape. The research identifies the model’s core advantages for creating permanently affordable housing and provides a comprehensive policy framework to help governments implement this community-controlled approach.
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