Appropriate and Affordable Housing

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  • BC Housing – This is the BC Govt site that is focused on affordability and other housing issues.  http://www.bchousing.org/  
  • CMHC Affordable Housing – This is the CMHC site dedicated to affordable housing, with extensive information from many decades of work and research in the area.  http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/inpr/afhoce/  
  • Canadian Housing and Renewal Association – This is an active NGO working on housing affordability and homelesseness across the country.  http://www.chra-achru.ca/en/  
  • Habitat for Humanity – This organization is well known for their sweat-equity approach to helping people attain appropriate housing.  http://www.habitat.ca/  
  • The Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, University of Florida – This site offers research and information on housing issues.  http://www.shimberg.ufl.edu/  
  • The Joint Center for Housing Research – This is a joint research institute of Harvard and MIT with extensive information on housing issues.  http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/research