Recent Reports
HART releases Report on Expanding the Supply of Housing on Public Land
The Workshops to Expand the Supply of Housing on Public Land in Canada report highlights the potential to house over one million people on public land in just 12 Canadian communities. PARC contributed to the consultation that led to the HART report, which explores the barriers to housing development on public land and proposes actionable solutions. This research provides key insights and strategies for unlocking the housing potential of public land across Canada.
Based on the common themes and key solutions identified in the interviews and workshops, there are four broad recommendations for necessary actions to increase access to public land for housing development in Canada:
- Decrease risk for developers to curb an increasingly volatile development market and encourage housing development.
- Prioritize streamlining of the municipal approvals process for housing development across departments.
- Increase capacity and support for the non-market sector.
- Create incentives to stimulate construction and disincentives to limit land speculation to overcome high cost and global supply chain challenges.
Download the full report here (.pdf)
2024 Parkdale Community Planning Study
After four years of in-depth engagement and collective visioning, the 2024 Parkdale Community Plan is ready! This community plan embodies the tireless contributions, passion, and dedication of countless individuals and organizations in Parkdale.
While change is inevitable, our collective effort shapes how change happens. The 2024 Parkdale Community Planning Study aims to achieve a vision of decent work, shared wealth, and equitable development. In the themes of housing justice, solidarity economy, community health and safety, social infrastructure, food systems, and climate action, we lay out how community members and partner organizations can build a better future for Parkdale.
Learn more about the
Parkdale People’s Economy
Read the full 2024 Parkdale Community Planning Study
Poverty POV: What we are hearing
PARC staff participated in the survey that informed this latest POV. The latest report states “…Our consultation has revealed that the rights to housing and to mental health and addiction care are indivisible and interdependent, with other rights that lead to well-being and prosperity, such as the right to practice one’s culture and the right to food. This means that one set of rights cannot be enjoyed fully without the others.”
Five core issues are identified that we see the effects of every day and help inform what is needed on the advocacy front, from the failings of our system to the needs of members we support.