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- Gaining community acceptance of affordable housing projects and homeless shelters
- abstract: "Not In My Back Yard" (NIMBY) is a phenomenon by which residents of a community adopt protectionist attitudes and oppositional tactics to prevent an unwelcome project from developing in their neighbourhood. To investigate this issue, 46 case studies were developed for a variety of projects across Canada, including, amongst others, homeless shelters, supported housing, and transitional and long-term affordable housing. By revealing specific NIMBY issues, each case study provides insight on the strategies that can be used for gaining community acceptance of these projects.
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- Green Phoenix integrated design charrette for sustainable affordable housing
- abstract: In 2005, Parkdale Liberty Economic Development Corporation (PLEDC) organized and held a design charrette for a sustainable, affordable housing project. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the City of Toronto's Energy Efficiency Office, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and Sustainable Building Canada (SBC) provided organizational assistance for the charrette. CMHC, the CIty of Toronto, Enbridge Gas Distribution and NRCan provided financial assistance. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) supported the wages of PLEDC staff who managed logistics for the charrette. The goal of the charrette was to produce designs to add about 20 new, green, affordable rental units (known as the "Green Phoenix Project")to a site that already supports two existing buildings in the west end of Toronto. The Green Phoenix project has four main goals: a. To provide 20 or more new affordable apartments to serve low income people; b. To create an environmental showcase; c. To demonstrate that green building is not an unrealistic luxury ; d. To incorporate commmunity members and potential tenants in some aspects of the project construction.