The funding will examine the long-term effects of government corporation's investments
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has announced the recipients of a multi-million National Housing Strategy Longitudinal Outcomes Research Grant to examine the long-term outcomes of the agency’s affordable housing projects.
CMHC said that William O’Brien of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Carleton University, and Jacqueline Kennelly from the same institution’s Sociology and Anthropology Department, will co-direct a research project dubbed “A Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home: A Multi-disciplinary Longitudinal Outcomes Analysis of the National Housing Strategy.”
The project will be looking at the socio-economic and health outcomes, along with climate impacts and mitigation, of CMHC’s investments. The project will also examine the state of housing finance, housing alternatives, and Indigenous/northern housing.
The CMHC grant will be awarded through the National Housing Strategy, and is slated to provide $410,000 for the first year followed by up to $1.1 million for each of the succeeding four years, up to a total of $4.8 million.
CMHC said that O’Brien and Kennelly will be assisted by research teams from Carleton and other institutions, including University of Cape Breton, University of Saskatchewan, University of Toronto, Trent University, Laurentian University, Western University, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, and University of New Brunswick-Canada.
“This research will help us better understand how our housing programs and initiatives impact the lives of Canadians over the longer term,” said Nadine Leblanc, senior vice president of policy at CMHC. “It will be useful in assessing our progress and success, address potential gaps, and help us continue to move forward in a positive way.”
