As we navigate in an era marked by a nation-wide housing crisis, all levels of government are under pressure to address the challenge, although local governments are on the front lines. Municipalities also hold a pivotal role in orchestrating the changes needed to address the affordability challenges facing Canadian cities.
The Community Social Planning Council recently released a new toolkit that outlines the many levers within municipal control that can significantly influence housing supply and affordability. The toolkit is intended to help local governments across Canada, big and small, to understand and utilize all of the tools available to improve housing affordability by:
- providing an overview of tools and their municipal context;
- identifying success factors and key considerations for each of the tools; and
- sharing case studies and best practices that highlight successes in implementing the tools in a range of municipal contexts and for a diversity of housing types.