The New Housing Alternatives (NHA) partnership is made up of four self-organizing research clusters dedicated to addressing housing challenges across Canada. These groups collaborate on both extensive, long-term research initiatives and targeted, localized studies that focus on essential housing issues. As new research reports, publications, and findings are written, they will be added to each cluster and announced in our blogs. Sign up to receive announcements.


Woman at doorway looking at papers

Housing Precarity

  • Countering rising rental costs and evictions
  • Housing pressure on vulnerable populations
  • Tenants’ rights mapping and national research network

Co-op on Richmond St, Toronto

Alternative Housing Arrangements

  • Building on alternative housing models
  • Policy and support for community-led housing
  • Collaborating on research and housing initiatives

Street scene in Kensington Market

Reform & Redesign of Housing Policy, Governance, & Process

  • Redesigning housing policies for equity and inclusion
  • Innovative models for social and supportive housing
  • Equitable and responsible investment in real estate

Construction sign with the scribble Landback, this is stolen land

Rethinking Urban Land

  • Honouring indigenous land rights in urban planning
  • Land-back movements and decolonizing urban spaces
  • Leveraging state land for inclusive housing