At 10 AM PT/1 PM ET on October 20, the Balanced Supply of Housing will host a Research in Progress webinar with Chiyi Tam, Managing Director and Cofounder of Toronto Chinatown Land Trust, on community owned housing in Toronto’s Chinatown. This webinar will share a recap of this summer’s report on how Chinatown associations have preserved affordability, the challenges they face today, and what is needed to ensure this community asset continues to thrive.
Register for the WebinarAbout the Speakers
Chiyi Tam (she/her) is an urban planner and anti-displacement organizer practicing in Tkaronto’s Kensington-Chinatown neighbourhood. She is currently a visiting expert with the School of Cities’ as an Early Career Canadian Urban Leader. Chiyi is the Managing Director of the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust, and her goal is to reciprocate knowledge and wealth into community ownership. She was the first staff and executive director of the Kensington Market Community Land Trust, where she acquired the organization’s first building acquisition, securing 12-units of deeply affordable residential units from further speculation. Chiyi serves on the advisory board of Montreal Chinatown’s JIA Foundation, BC’s Union Cooperative Initiative, and the first elected board of the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts.
