Appropriate and Affordable Housing

• BC Non-profit Housing Association – This NGO is dedicated to non-profit housing associations and has good information and network connections.  http://www.bcnpha.ca/pages/research/about-the-research-department.php  

• 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