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| | | | | Development without Displacement: A New Model for Equitable Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Thursday, November 13 | 12:00 p.m. ET | Live Zoom Webinar | | Despite the promise of transit-oriented development to improve access and sustainability, its traditional application has often made housing affordability worse in cities across Canada. When major transit projects are announced, nearby property values surge, affordable homes are lost to redevelopment, and low-income residents—often racialized and equity-deserving communities—are displaced. Rising speculation and demand make it even harder for non-market housing providers to secure financing, while existing policies and zoning frameworks reinforce these barriers. Next week on CityTalk Live, hear how the Canadian Alliance for Transit-Connected Housing is developing a new model to ensure that transit investments also deliver housing affordability and equity. Our panel will explore how the economics of transit-oriented development create barriers to preserving and developing affordable housing; the challenges nonprofit housing providers face in accessing flexible, affordable capital; new financing models that can address these gaps; and how emerging approaches can prevent displacement and strengthen communities. Join us for this essential conversation on how to reshape transit-oriented development so it builds inclusive, affordable communities across Canada. | | | | | |
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| | Director | Canadian Alliance for Transit-Connected Housing | Toronto, ON Dina Graser is the Director of the Canadian Alliance of Transit-Connected Housing (CATCH), an initiative to sustain and develop affordable housing near transit lines. Dina has long focused on urban projects that build and engage communities, from infrastructure and housing to transportation, the arts, and public engagement. Dina has worked in the private, public and nonprofit sectors and in recent years has focused primarily on community benefits, placemaking and housing. She takes a strategic, creative and pragmatic approach to connecting people and communities to build consensus and make progress on complex problems. |
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| | Executive Director | Canadian Housing Transformation Centre | Hull, QC As Executive Director of the Community Housing Transformation Centre, Lisa leads national efforts to scale and strengthen Canada’s non-market housing sector through bold, equity-focused approaches. With more than 35 years of experience across government and community organizations, she has held roles with the Province of Ontario, Toronto Community Housing, and served as Executive Director of Ottawa’s largest provider of supportive housing. A respected voice in sector transformation, Lisa is known for her mix of pragmatism and boldness, challenging inertia, inspiring collaboration, and pushing systems to work better for people and communities. |
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| | Executive Director | Canadian Housing and Renewal Association | Ottawa, ON Ray Sullivan is long-time houser. He started his career working for his non-profit landlord, Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation, in 1999 and eventually spent 12 years as its Executive Director. Ray is co-founder of the Ottawa Community Land Trust, and has served on numerous boards supporting non-market community housing at the local, provincial and federal level. In his current position at the Canadian Housing & Renewal Association he gets the privilege of working with housers from across the country (and internationally), and making progress on the goal of first doubling the share of non-market housing, then aiming for 20%. |
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| | | Enjoying CityTalk? Join Us In-Person for the State of Canada's Cities Summit | | Each December, the Canadian Urban Institute brings together hundreds of urban professionals, policymakers, business leaders, community advocates, and academics at the annual Summit to assess the health of our cities and shape their future. | | | |
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