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This is the book that Canadians must read to understand, and solve, our housing crisis. Hundreds of thousands of Canadians exist on the edge. Renters fear eviction, homeowners feel trapped, and both are vulnerable to becoming homeless with a single stroke of misfortune. Unaffordable housing in Canada is tearing communities apart. Rising prices force long-time residents to move elsewhere, while established businesses are forced to close their doors because they cannot find staff who can afford to live nearby. In Home Truths, housing expert Carolyn Whitzman explores Canada’s crisis from all sides, including defining what adequate housing looks like, explaining why nonmarket housing is crucial for Canada, and outlining how and why to tackle ever-growing wealth disparities between renters and those who own. She details the decades of policy that got us into this mess and shows how all levels of government can work together to provide affordable housing where it is needed, using evidence-backed ideas from planners, politicians, developers, and advocates at home and abroad.

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"""Carolyn Whitzman is one of Canada's leading housing researchers - and it shows. She provides a wide suite of tools to address housing issues and covers issues from supply to zoning to speculation. This is a fantastic and impactful book!""-- ""Brian Doucet, coauthor of Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto: A Visual Analysis of Change"" ""The recent debate over Canada's housing crisis - and in particularly calls for more supply - has obscured the precise nature of the crisis, which is that we've failed to find ways to add truly affordable housing for those in greatest need. Carolyn Whitzman's work pushes back against the dominant narrative with much needed data and analysis that should provide policy-makers with an effective roadmap for reform.""-- ""John Lorinc, senior editor at Spacing Magazine"""

""Carolyn Whitzman is one of Canada's leading housing researchers - and it shows. She provides a wide suite of tools to address housing issues and covers issues from supply to zoning to speculation. This is a fantastic and impactful book!""-- ""Brian Doucet, coauthor of Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto: A Visual Analysis of Change"" ""The recent debate over Canada's housing crisis - and in particularly calls for more supply - has obscured the precise nature of the crisis, which is that we've failed to find ways to add truly affordable housing for those in greatest need. Carolyn Whitzman's work pushes back against the dominant narrative with much needed data and analysis that should provide policy-makers with an effective roadmap for reform.""-- ""John Lorinc, senior editor at Spacing Magazine"" ""Home Truths is a unicorn of a book. Clear and concise, comprehensive yet accessible, well-researched without being heavy or jargon-y. In a little over 200 pages (plus end notes) Whitzman gives us a comprehensive and extremely well-researched overview of what the housing problem is, how we got to where we are and how we can set about fixing it.""-- ""Ottawa Citizen"" ""With local shops shuttered by predatory rent hikes, individuals struggling to find housing, and evictions on the rise, it's becoming more and more difficult to imagine an end to Canada's housing crisis. In Home Truths, academic Carolyn Whitzman does just that, offering a clear analysis of the housing issues we face, and policy proposals that could lead us toward a better housing future for all.""-- ""Quill & Quire""

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Carolyn Whitzman is a leading housing and senior policy researcher. She helped develop the Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) project based at the University of British Columbia. She has authored, coauthored, or lead-edited six previous books, the most recent being Clara at the Door with a Revolver. She has undertaken research for the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa, and many other organizations. She lives in Ottawa.

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