Still Renovating: A History of Canadian Social Housing Policy

Social housing - public, non-profit, or co-operative - was once a part of Canada's urban success story. After years of neglect and many calls for affordable homes and solutions to homelessness, housing is once again an important issue. In Still Renovating, Greg Suttor tells the story of the rise and fall of Canadian social housing policy.

Focusing on the main turning points through the past seven decades, and the forces that shaped policy, this volume makes new use of archival sources and in...