Browsing by Subject "affordable housing"
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Collective Housing: Linking Ecological and Social Sustainability
(2011-12-14)A constellation of challenges, including changing family types and shrinking household size, housing affordability, and ecological impact, can be addressed through a different approach to private dwelling. These are ... -
Does planning acknowledge the cost of redevelopment on housing affordability?
(2016-12-09)Canadian media is showing increased coverage of residents struggling to afford housing and residents being displaced from their communities due to the rising cost of housing and neighbourhood redevelopment. Simultaneously, ... -
Home in the Urban Void: the Changing Role of Obsolete Institutional Buildings
(2024-07-17)This thesis examines the changing role of obsolete institutional buildings and the urgent need for affordable housing in Halifax, Nova Scotia. An argument is presented for the adaptive reuse of abandoned buildings in efforts ... -
Perceptions of rooming houses in Halifax and the role of regulatory intervention
(Dalhousie University, 2016-12-09)Rooming houses in Halifax have experienced significant loss in recent decades. Up to 90% of the stock was lost due to social, economic, and regulatory factors. While only 17 licensed rooming houses remain in Halifax, over ...