Resource Centre
This growing library brings together reports, tools, presentations, and policy documents that support inclusive, transit-connected housing in communities across Canada.
- Report
- Affordable Housing, Community Engagement, Displacement, Equity
- Local/Provincial
- Community Organizations, Housing Organizations, Municipal Planners, Municipalities, Policy Advisors, Policymakers
Navigating Transformation: The Future of Rental Housing in an Era of Transit Investment
This report examines how transit investment, landlord power, rising rents, and neighbourhood change shape housing insecurity across Toronto, including how displacement pressure can build long before tenants formally leave their homes.
Source: Dr. Nemoy Lewis (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Published: 08/2026
- Toolkit
- Affordable Housing, Displacement, eTOD, Policy, Transit-Oriented Development
- National (Canada)
- Housing Organizations, Municipal Planners, Municipalities, Policymakers
Equitable Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing: A Practitioner’s Toolkit
This Toolkit offers concrete, practical guidance for municipal planners, policymakers, and housing stakeholders on how to steer transit-oriented development away from the common pattern of displacement and towards more inclusive and affordable outcomes.
Source: Canadian Alliance for Transit-Connected Housing (CATCH)
Published: 04/2026
- Webinar
- Affordable Housing, Collaboration, Resources, Transit, Transit-Oriented Development
- Local/Provincial, National (Canada)
- Community Organizations, Housing Organizations, Municipal Planners, Municipalities, Policymakers
Land as Leverage: Using Joint Development on Transit Agency Lands to Deliver Affordable Housing
In this webinar, the panel explores how municipal, transit, housing, and planning partners can work to build affordable housing on transit lands, steering transit investment towards strong communities.
Panelists: Habon Ali, Martina Jileckova, Stuart Kehrig, Michael Stevenson
Moderator: David Cooper
Source: Canadian Alliance for Transit-Connected Housing (CATCH)
Published: 04/2026
- Webinar
- Affordable Housing, Collaboration, Financing, Resources
- Local/Provincial, National (Canada)
- Community Organizations, Housing Organizations
Unlocking affordability: Social finance tools for community housing developers (CATCH Webinar)
In this webinar, the panel offers a practical look at several financing models (e.g., community bonds, social finance funds, and place-based financing) for the development of affordable housing.
Panelists: Stephanie Pinnington, Irene Gannitsos, Andrea Nemtin
Moderator: Amanda R. Knight
Source: Canadian Alliance for Transit-Connected Housing (CATCH)
Published: 02/2026
- Webinar
- Affordable Housing, Collaboration, Displacement, Equity, eTOD, Transit-Oriented Development
- Local/Provincial, National (Canada)
- Community Organizations, Housing Organizations, Municipal Planners, Municipalities
Development without Displacement: A New Model for Equitable Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing (CityTalk)
In this CityTalk, the panel discusses how we can build a new approach to transit-oriented development that aligns transit investments with equity and long-term housing affordability.
Panelists: Dina Graser, Ray Sullivan, Lisa Ker
Source: Canadian Urban Institute (CUI)
Published: 11/2025
- Report
- Affordable Housing, Equity, eTOD, Transit-Oriented Development
- Local/Provincial, National (Canada)
- Funders, Housing Organizations, Municipal Planners, Municipalities, Policy Advisors
Equitable Transit Oriented Affordable Housing: A Necessary Complement to Transit Development in Hamilton, ON. What it is and how we can achieve it
This report argues that equitable transit-oriented affordable housing (ETOAH) is crucial for Canadian cities, using Hamilton’s LRT project as a case study.
Source: Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative
Published: 03/2024
- Report
- Affordable Housing, Collaboration, Equity, eTOD, Impact Measurement, Labs, Transit-Oriented Development
- National (Canada)
- Housing Organizations, Municipal Planners, Policy Advisors
Equitable Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Lab Final Report: A New Approach
This report outlines the outcomes and learnings from the Hamilton ETOAH Lab, including the co-designed model for community-led, transit-connected affordable housing.
Source: SI Canada
Published: 12/2024
- Report
- Affordable Housing, Collaboration, Equity, eTOD, Labs, Transit-Oriented Development
- Local/Provincial, National (Canada)
- Funders, Housing Organizations, Municipalities
Hamilton Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Lab Case Study
This case study assesses the Hamilton Equitable Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Lab with a focus on lessons learned.
Source: Elisa Birnbaum
- Report
- Affordable Housing, Displacement, eTOD, Guidelines, Transit-Oriented Development
- Local/Provincial
- Municipal Planners, Municipalities, Policy Advisors
Equitable TOD in Halifax: Exploring Affordable Rental Housing Strategies and Partnerships in Transit-Oriented Developments
This report explores three equitable TOD cases to provide insight into strategies to address planning and coordination gaps between affordable housing and transit initiatives. Eight recommendations are provided to support the achievement of equitable TOD.
Source: Dave Espeseth
Published: 12/2017
- Report
- Affordable Housing, Equity, eTOD, Financing, Transit-Oriented Development
- International (US)
- Community Organizations, Funders, Housing Organizations, Municipal Planners, Municipalities, Policy Advisors
Filling the Financing Gap for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
This report describes the key components of a model system for eTOD, the most common challenges regional actors face in moving eTOD projects forward, and a variety of strategies partners can use to address these challenges.
Source: Enterprise Community Partners & Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)
Published: 04/2013