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Remaking Main Streets

Remaking Main Streets, dives deep into the possibilities of intensifying housing along Canada’s main streets, positioning this approach as feasible, financially viable, and desirable for communities and their residents. Canada has over 248,000 opportunities for housing intensification on main streets — But how do we unlock that potential?

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Making the Case for the Middle

Making the Case for the Middle, in collaboration with mddl, explores the potential of middle housing to alleviate Alberta’s housing challenges, scale production and meet demand by 2030. Alberta Real Estate Foundation.

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Measuring Main Streets

CUI releases a first-of-its-kind tool enabling city builders across Canada to make better investments in our communities.

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CityTalk LIVE: Why Infrastructure Matters

Join us to talk solutions with leading experts in this State of Canada’s Cities Summit pre-event CityTalk session including: Adrian Rocca, Fitzrovia; Ana Bailao, Dream Corp; Stephen Diamond, Diamond Corp; Jennifer Hutcheon, Van City Community Investment Bank.

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Our popular series of online, candid conversations brings together city builders of all stripes to discuss what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next for urban communities across Canada.

CUI x Local

A series of week-long virtual residencies on the issues facing cities across Canada. We’ll be learning from local leaders about their most pressing challenges, and surfacing examples of innovative and locally-driven solutions.

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What We Heard

How do 400+ housing organizations, experts, and advocates feel about Canada’s National Housing Strategy? “What We Heard” compiles their observations and urgent suggestions to ensure the plan meets its targets and cuts homelessness in half.

Windsor Blooms

In Windsor, we heard diverse perspectives on what it’s like to live there, what people are concerned about, how they view the city and its institutions, and how they are coping with—and driving—change.

Victoria Nurtures

This report is an invitation to discover Victoria, to dip in and out, visiting its corners and its main streets, to hear how the city is moving. It reflects what we heard and offers some of the best guidance Victoria can offer.

Events

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May 20, 2023

What We Heard: Solutions for the Improving the National Housing Strategy
An in-depth conversation about housing precarity, policy gaps, and possible solutions for improving the National Housing Strategy.
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April 22, 2023

Summer Crisis: Are Encampments Coming Back to Stay?
How can municipalities balance their responsibility to steward civic spaces, respect the legal and human rights of unhoused people, and manage the social and economic needs of their neighbourhoods?
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March 18, 2023

Solving for Supply: Shared Challenges and Opportunities
In this candid conversation, panellists with differing perspectives discussed the perceived benefits and potential implications of supply-side solutions to housing affordability.
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