National Housing Strategy Longitudinal Outcomes Research Grant

The Partnership Grants to support CMHC’s National Housing Strategy (NHS) Longitudinal Outcomes Research is a funding opportunity to support research and related activities that examines:

• The long-term health, socio-economic, and climate change outcomes of investments in affordable housing

• The links between housing, health, socio-economic, and environmental factors at the household and community levels

 

The research may guide evidence-based decision making related to housing provision and the built environment.

 

The overall goal of the Partnership Grants for National Housing Strategy Longitudinal Outcomes Research is to support prospective cohort research on outcomes of NHS and other investments in affordable housing. CMHC recognizes that housing research requires a multi-disciplinary approach with interjurisdictional data. These public policy challenges transcend the boundaries and parameters set by respective disciplines. As a result, we aim to assess housing investments using four main themes in a holistic approach informed by a GBA+ analytical lens:

 

• Health, including mental wellbeing and physical health, both self-reported and through a life sciences approach of all ages of the population, including adequate housing (effect of mold and pest, sleep hygiene, air quality, heating and cooling), and suitable housing related to overcrowding.

• The social outcomes of housing investments on populations in housing precarity, and the links to justice system, with household stability, safety and security, displacement, and social inclusion.

• Economic outcomes related to employment and income.

• Better built environments, and the influence on climate change and energy poverty impacts, community resilience of the housing sector, and the related impacts on populations experiencing vulnerability.