Affordable Housing: Best Practices and Resources
In cities around the globe, the affordable housing crisis is a pressing problem affecting well-being, quality of life, economic performance and city competitiveness.
ULI's latest report Promoting Housing Affordability highlights best practices for increasing housing supply by:
Maximizing affordable housing on public sector land
Innovating design, construction, and management techniques
Aligning stakeholders to enable delivery of intermediate housing
From our experience, this report well-defines the common barriers to affordable housing, as well as key lessons and best practices to enable affordable housing to be built at scale.
Key Barriers to Affordable Housing:
Availability and price of land
Lack of alignment between stakeholders
Regulatory barriers
Resistance from local residents
Best Practices To Deliver Successful Affordable Housing:
Public-sector funding of infrastructure to bring sites forward
Using public land for housing
Reducing risks associated with developments
Using development corporations for large-scale delivery
Improving trust between stakeholders through greater transparency
Transferable lessons from other successful projects and the successful use of development corporations for affordable housing
Funding Opportunities
Our relationships with funding partners and opportunities are key to helping our clients advance their projects. Learn more about each funding opportunity using the links below.
BC Housing Community Housing Fund
CMHC National Housing Co-Investment Fund
FCM Sustainable Affordable Housing
Our Proven Approach To Deliver Housing
Unlock Complexity. Reduce Risk. Create Community.
Our work with First Nations, non-profits, governments and developers delivering innovative affordable housing is based on extensive development expertise and proven approaches.