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Centre for Urban and
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J. David Hulchanski


Professor
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
University of Toronto
246 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V4
Tel: 416-978-1973
Fax: 416-978-7072

E-mail: david.hulchanski@utoronto.ca

Short CV   click here
Full academic CV   click here

My research is focussed on housing, neighbourhood and community planning issues, including homelessness, discrimination, rental housing, and the related social policy and human rights aspects of these topics.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Report: The 3 Cities within Toronto, Income Polarization, 2010
Chapter: What Factors Shape Canadian Housing Policy, 2006
Report: Condo Conversion of Rental Housing in Toronto, 2006
Conf. paper: Suburbanization of Poverty in Toronto, 2006
Article: Housing as a Socio-Economic Determinant of Health, 2006
Report: Rethinking the Housing Affordability Challenge, 2005
Conf. paper: No Homeland for the Poor: Homelessness, 2005
Report: Housing Discrimination in Canada, 2002
Conf. paper: Human Development in Cities, 2002
Report: Housing Policy for Tomorrow's Cities, 2002
Conf. paper: Rental Housing and Immigrants in Toronto, 2000
Discussion paper: Counting Homeless People, 2000


CURRENT FUNDED RESEARCH (Principal Investigator)

Neighbourhood Inequality, Diversity, and Change: Trends, Processes, Consequences, and Policy Options for Canada’s Large Metropolitan Areas,, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Grant, $2.5 million, 2012 to 2019.
For project website, click here

Neighbourhood Trends in the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver City-Regions, 1971 to 2006: Understanding Changes in Global Cities at the Neighbourhood Level,, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Dissemination Grant, Public Outreach Grant Program.  $146,500, 2010 to 2012

RECENTLY COMPLETED FUNDED RESEARCH

Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $50,000, 2007 (for editing and publication of a book on the best available research on homelessness).
For the online book, click here

Neighbourhood Change and Building Inclusive Communities from Within: A Case Study of Toronto's West-Central Neighbourhoods, a research partnership with St. Christopher House, a Community University Research Alliance grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $1 million, 2005-2010.
For project website, click here

Immigrants, Discrimination, and Homelessness: A Longitudinal Study of Homeless Immigrant Families in Toronto, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $100,000, 2004 to 2005.

Homelessness, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System,
National Secretariat on Homelessness, Government of Canada, $104,500, 2004 to 2005


Trends in Family and Social Structure and their Impact on Health in India: A Case Study of the Urban Poor in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, partner institution, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, $104,000, 2003 to 2005.

Multidimensional Impacts of Adequate Housing, City of Toronto, Homelessness Initiatives, $65,000, 2002 to 2004

Housing Discrimination: A Review of Current Knowledge, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, $35,000, 1999 to 2001.

Housing and Population Health, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, $45,800, 1997 to 1998.

Housing Experiences of New Canadians: Comparative Case Studies of Immigrants and Refugees in Greater Toronto, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), $75,900, 1994 to 1998.


WEBSITES

Inclusive Neighbourhoods Community Research Alliance
Housing New Canadians Research Working Group
Centre for Urban and Community Studies
Faculty of Social Work


BOOKS

Finding Room: Policy Options for a Canadian Rental Housing Strategy, edited by J.D. Hulchanski and M. Shapcott, Toronto: CUCS Press, UofT. 27 chapters. 472 pages.
For the book's website, click here.

Adequate and Affordable Housing for All Research, Policy, Practice Research Abstracts from the International Housing Research Conference University of Toronto, 2004, edited by J.D. Hulchanski, R.A. Murdie, P. Campsie, Toronto: CUCS Press, UofT. 14 chapters. 293 pages.

The Human Right to Adequate Housing: A Chronology of United Nations Activity, 1945 to 1999, Co-author, Scott Leckie, Geneva: Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2000. 60 pages.
For the PDF, click here.


THESES

The Origins of Urban Land Use Planning in Ontario, 1900-1946, PhD dissertation, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Toronto, 1981. Hans Blumenfeld, supervisor.

Citizen Participation and Urban Planning: Its Social Significance and Future Potential, Masters degree thesis, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Toronto, 1974. Shoukry T. Roweis, supervisor.

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (organized by topic)

All links are to .pdf files.

Housing Policy
Homelessness
Rental Housing
Housing Discrimination & Housing as a Human Right
Housing and Health
Neighbourhoods and Municipal Planning


Housing Policy

Housing Policy for Tomorrow's Cities, Discussion Paper F27, Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN), December 2002.

Housing Affordability in Ontario: Anatomy of a Crisis, A background paper for the Ontario Housing Forum on Feb. 14 and 15, 2002.

Expert Witness Statement, Ontario Municipal Board, in the matter of application to demolish rental housing, Goldlist Properties, Toronto, October, 1999.

"Who's Going to Address our Growing Housing, Homelessness, and Human Rights Disaster?" Canadian Housing, 15(2), Summer/Fall 1998.

"Housing Blueprint Moulders in the Archives," Toronto Star, October 7, 1998.

"Housing Innovations Abroad: Canada," entry in the Encyclopedia of Housing, W. Van Vliet, editor, Sage Publishing, 1998.

Policy Brief to Ontario Legislature: The Economics of Rental Housing Supply and Rent Decontrol in Ontario: Presentation to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Standing Committee on Government, June 26, 1997.

"The Concept of Housing Affordability: Six Contemporary Uses of the Housing Expenditure-to- Income Ratio," Housing Studies, Vol 10, No 4, October 1995, pp. 471-491.

"Social Housing: U.S. Prospect, Canadian Reality," Chapter 1 in The Affordable City: Toward a Third Sector Housing Policy, John E. Davis, editor, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994, pp. 39-74. Co-author Peter Dreier.

"Non-Profit Housing in Canada and the United States: A Comparison," Housing Policy Debate, 4(1), 1993, pp. 43-80. Co-author: Peter Dreier.

"Trends in the Federal Role in Housing and Urban Affairs in Canada," Chapter 3 in Papers Presented at the Tri-Country Conference on Facing Up to Housing and Urban Issues: 1992, Washington, D.C.: Fannie Mae, Office of Housing Policy Research, 1993, pp. 17-32.

"New Forms of Owning and Renting," Chapter 4 in House, Home, and Community: Progress in Housing Canadians, 1945-1986, J.R. Miron, editor, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993, pp. 64-75.

"Here We Go Again: The Latest Lobby for a National Shelter Allowance Program," Canadian Housing, 10(2), Fall 1993, pp. 17-22.

"Rebuilding Canada: Property Rights, No; Housing Rights, Yes," Policy Options Politiques, 13(8), October, 1992, 21-23.

"Towards a Comprehensive Housing Strategy for Ontario: Comments on A Housing Framework for Ontario," chapter in A New Housing Strategy for Ontario: Academic Roundtable and Public Forum, Canadian Urban Institute, Toronto, 1992, pages 53-70.

"The Nature of Land and Housing: Basic Philosophical Issues," Discussion paper prepared for the Ontario Fair Tax Commission, Working Group on Tax Treatment of Real Estate Gains, September 1991.

"How Best to House the Needy," Toronto Star, Nov. 20, 1991.

"Canada," Chapter 9 in the International Handbook of Housing Policy and Practices, Willem van Vliet, editor, Greenwood Press, New York and London, 1990, pp. 289-325.

"Affordable Housing: Lessons from Canada," The American Prospect, Spring 1990, pp. 119-125. Co-author: P. Drier.

"Canadian Government Housing Expenditures: A Ten Year Review," Canadian Housing, 7(1), Spring, 1990, pp. 19-22.

Guest Editor, Canadian Housing, special issue on "The Federal Government Housing Consultation Five Years Later: Still Waiting," 7(3), Fall.

"Housing Consultation in 1985: The Backroom Policy-Making Process versus the Public Process," Canadian Housing, 7(3), Fall, pp. 15-18.

"The Housing Affordability Gap in Canada: The Need for a Comprehensive Approach," a chapter in Housing In the '90s: Common Issues, R. Katz, ed., Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois Press, pp. 73-84. Co-author: C. Doyle.

"The Evolution of Property Rights and Housing Tenure in Post-War Canada: Implications for Housing Policy," Urban Law and Policy, 9(2), June, 1988, pp. 135-156.

"Poverty, Homelessness and Food Banks: The Impact of Fiscal Restraint and Economic Stagnation on Urban British Columbia," The London Journal of Canadian Studies, 1988, Vol. 5, pp. 114-130.

Canada's Housing and Housing Policy: An Introduction, UBC Planning Papers, Canadian Planning Issues #27, June 1988.

"Twenty Years of Federal Housing Activities in Canada: An Outline History," Canadian Housing, 5(2), Summer, pp. 19-22.

"Canada's Housing Ministers, 1968-1988," Canadian Housing, 5(4), Winter, pp. 14-15.

"Housing Subsidies in a Period of Restraint: The Canadian Experience," Glen Drover, co-author, Chapter 4 in Housing Markets and Policies Under Fiscal Austerity, Willem van Vliet, editor, Greenwood Press, New York and London, 1987, pp. 51-70. A revision of a paper first published in 1986 by the Institute of Urban Studies, Winnipeg.

Co-operative Housing in Canada, Chicago: Council of Planning Librarians, CPL Bibliography #191, May 1987. 14 pages.

An Affordable Alternative to Owning or Renting: Canada's Non-profit Co-operative Housing Program. Paper for World Planning and Housing Congress, October, 1986.

"The 1935 Dominion Housing Act: Setting the Stage for a Permanent Federal Presence in Canada's Housing Sector," Urban History Review, June 1986.

Housing Subsidies in a Period of Restraint: The Canadian Experience, 1973-1984, Glen Drover, co-author, Research and Working Paper No. 16, Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg, 1986.

Guest Editor, Urban History Review, June 1986, special issue on the history of Canadian housing policy, general introduction to the issue, pp. 1-2.

"Canadian Housing," Environmental Sociology, No. 44, Spring, 1986, pp. 8-13.

"Social Welfare versus Market Welfare," Chapter 15 in The Canadian City, K. Gerecke, editor, Montreal: Black Rose Books, pp. 207-216. First published in City Magazine, Fall, 1985.

Conference on Affordable Housing in B.C.: Four Background Papers, U.B.C., November, 1985. 34 pages.

"Social Welfare versus Market Welfare," City Magazine, Fall, 1985.

"Will Housing Program be Sawn Up?" The Globe and Mail, national edition, August 16, 1985.

"Tax Costs of Housing," Policy Options, 6(5), June 1985.

"The Needy Don't Benefit Most from Our Housing Subsidies," Toronto Star, April 10, 1985.

Housing Issues and the Canadian Federal Budget, 1968-1984, Vancouver: UBC Planning Papers, Canadian Planning Issues #12, November, 1984. 74 pages. Co-author: Beverly Grieve.

"Effects of Shelter Allowances on Rents and Housing Conditions," in Shelter Allowances, Rents and Social Housing: Contributions to the Debate, [papers presented to a conference], J. Kjellberg, ed., Research Paper No. 155, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, U of T, October, 1984, 1-11.

Plan Canada, 24(1), June, 1984, pp. 28-31. Book review: Section 56.1 Non-Profit and Co-operative Housing Program Evaluation, by C.M.H.C., Ottawa. Co-author: Jeffrey Patterson.

"A Shelter Plan that's Seductive Yet Hits Tenants and Taxpayers" [on shelter allowances], The Globe and Mail, national edition, Feb. 13, 1984.

Shelter Allowances and Canadian Housing Policy: A Review and Evaluation, Research Paper No. 147, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, December, 1983. 54 pages.

Editor of: Managing Land for Housing: The Experience of Housing Co-operatives in British Columbia, Paper 31, Centre for Human Settlements, University of British Columbia, 1983. 69 pages.

"Co-operative Land Management: The Potential of Linking a Community Land Trust to Government Housing Supply Programs," in Managing Land for Housing, pp. 35-50.

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Homelessness

No Homeland for the Poor: Houselessness and Canada's Unhoused Population, Canadian Conference on Homelessness, Toronto, May 2005. Plenary Session presentation.

A New Canadian Pastime? Counting Homeless People. Addressing and Preventing Homelessness Is a Political Problem, not a Statistical or Definitional Problem, 2000.

A New Canadian Pastime? Counting Homeless People, Discussion paper, December 2000.

Four volume report, Homelessness - Causes and Effects, for the Province of British Columbia. Co-authors: M. Eberle, D. Kraus, and L. Serge.

Affidavit prepared for a constitutional challenge of the Ontario Safe Streets Act, for the Ontario Court of Justice, November, 2000.

"People Without Housing: Homelessness is a Human Rights Violation," Speaking About Rights (Canadian Human Rights Foundation), 15(1), 2000.

Did the Weather Cause Canada's Mass Homelessness? Homeless-Making Processes and Canada's Homeless-Makers. Toronto Disaster Relief Committee Discussion Paper, March 2000.

"Martin Needs to Heed the Homeless," Toronto Star, February 25, 2000. Co-authors: Cathy Crowe, Kira Heineck, Michael Shapcott.

People Without Housing: Homelessness as a Human Rights Violation. Background paper written for a workshop on human rights for the U.S. National Summit on Homelessness, Washington, May 1999.

Book Review: in Housing Studies, 14(6), Nov., 1999, pp 899-900. Review of: Beside the Golden Door: Policy, Politics and the Homeless, by James D. Wright, B. Rubin and J.A. Devine, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1998.

Death on the Streets of Canada: A Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee Regarding Compliance of Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Canada. A report submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee, New York, March, 1999.

Homelessness In Toronto: An Urgent Call For Emergency Humanitarian Relief and Prevention Measures. A background paper prepared for the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, October 1998.

"Who's Going to Address our Growing Housing, Homelessness, and Human Rights Disaster?" Canadian Housing, 15(2), Summer/Fall 1998.

Estimating Homelessness: Towards a Methodology for Counting the Homeless in Canada, report prepared for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Research Division. Co-authors: Tracy Peressini, Lynn McDonald. Spring 1996.

Solutions to Homelessness: Vancouver Case Studies, UBC Centre for Human Settlements, for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, January 1991, 107 pages. Co-authors: M. Eberle, K. Olds, D. Stewart.

"How Best to House the Needy," Toronto Star, Nov. 20, 1991.

"Poverty, Homelessness and Food Banks: The Impact of Fiscal Restraint and Economic Stagnation on Urban British Columbia," The London Journal of Canadian Studies, 1988, Vol. 5, pp. 114-130.

"Keeping Warm and Dry: The Policy Response to the Struggle for Shelter Among Canada's Urban Poor, 1900 - 1960," Urban History Review, 16(2), October, 1987, pp. 147-163. J.C. Bacher, co-author.

"Homelessness: Defining the Issue," Canadian Housing, 4(3), Fall, 1987, pp. 20-24.

General Editor and co-author of: A Place to Call Home: Seven Background Papers Prepared for a Conference on Homelessness in British Columbia, May, 1987. 112 pages.

"Housing and Homelessness," Report of Conference Proceedings: A Conference on Homelessness in British Columbia, A. Fallick, editor, Vancouver, May 1987, pp. 19-23.

Who Are the Homeless? What Is Homelessness? The Politics of Defining an Emerging Policy Issue. UBC Planning Papers Discussion Paper #10, April, 1987.

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Rental Housing

Housing Affordability in Ontario: Anatomy of a Crisis, A background paper for the Ontario Housing Forum on Feb. 14 and 15, 2002.

Expert Witness Statement, Ontario Municipal Board, in the matter of application to demolish rental housing, Goldlist Properties, Toronto, October, 1999.

Policy Brief to Ontario Legislature: The Economics of Rental Housing Supply and Rent Decontrol in Ontario: Presentation to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Standing Committee on Government, June 26, 1997.

Policy Brief to Ontario Legislature: Comments on the Ontario Consultation Paper on Rent Decontrol: Presentation to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Standing Committee on Government, August 22, 1996.

"Legalizing Apartments in Houses: Ontario Ends One Form of Neighbourhood Discrimination Against Tenants," Housing and Human Services Quarterly [a newsletter of the American Planning Association], 14(2), Winter, 1994, pp. 3-4.

"Apartments in Houses: Bill 120's Blow to Residential Apartheid in Ontario," The Intensification Report [published by the Canadian Urban Institute], No. 10, Sept-Oct, 1994, pp. 20-21.

"New Forms of Owning and Renting," Chapter 4 in House, Home, and Community: Progress in Housing Canadians, 1945-1986, J.R. Miron, editor, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993, pp. 64-75.

"Towards a Comprehensive Housing Strategy for Ontario: Comments on A Housing Framework for Ontario," chapter in A New Housing Strategy for Ontario: Academic Roundtable and Public Forum, Canadian Urban Institute, Toronto, 1992, pages 53-70.

Reports on two surveys carried out (as principal investigator) for the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation, for use in a human rights court case, June 1992. 4 pages each.

  • Survey of Corporations Owning or Managing Large Numbers of Rental Apartments in Metro Toronto: Requirement for Last Month's Rent Deposit, and
  • Survey of Apartments for Rent in Metro Toronto: Requirements for Last Month's Rent Deposit.

Maintaining Low Rent Central Area Housing Stock: A Survey of North American Municipal Initiatives, UBC Centre for Human Settlements, for City of Vancouver Planning Department, January 1991.

"How Best to House the Needy," Toronto Star, Nov. 20, 1991.

The Municipal Role in the Supply and Maintenance of Low Cost Housing: A Review of Current Canadian Initiatives, UBC Centre for Human Settlements, for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, August, 1990, 120 pages. Co-authors: M. Eberle, M. Lytton, K. Olds.

"The Municipal Role in Low-Cost Housing in Canada: Recent Initiatives," Canadian Housing, 7(3), Fall, pp. 51-54.

Low Rent Housing in Vancouver's Central Area: Policy and Program Options, City of Vancouver Planning Department, September. 32 pages.

Rental Housing Trends in the City of Vancouver, CHS Research Bulletin, UBC Centre for Human Settlements, April. 7 pages.

Market Imperfections and the Role of Rent Regulations in the Residential Rental Market, Toronto: Ontario Commission of Inquiry into Residential Tenancies, Research Study No. 6, December, 1984. 94 pages.

"A Shelter Plan that's Seductive Yet Hits Tenants and Taxpayers" [on shelter allowances], The Globe and Mail, national edition, Feb. 13, 1984.

Shelter Allowances and Canadian Housing Policy: A Review and Evaluation, Research Paper No. 147, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, December, 1983.

The Assisted Rental Program (ARP), 1975-1978: An Evaluation, CHF Research Bulletin 3, Ottawa, December, 1982. 30 pages.

The 1981 Ontario Rental Construction Loan Program: A Preliminary Evaluation, CHF Research Bulletin 1, Ottawa, October 1982. 13 pages.

Housing Charges and Income Mix in Non-Profit Housing Co-operatives: The "Low End of Market" Debate, a study for the Co- operative Housing Federation of Toronto. March, 1982. 44 pages.

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Housing Discrimination &
Housing as a Human Right

Housing Discrimination in Canada: The State of Knowledge, Ottawa: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), 2002. 96 pages. Co-authors: S. Novac, J. Darden, A.-M. Seguin.

Housing Discrimination in Canada: What do we know about it?, CUCS Research Bulletin #11, December 2002. Co-authors: S. Novac, J. Darden, J.D. Hulchanski, and A.-M. Seguin.

Policy Advice on Improving the Rental Housing Prospects of Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto. Paper for the Fourth National Metropolis Conference, Toronto, March 2000.

The Human Right to Adequate Housing: A chronology of United Nations Activity, 1945 to 1999, Co-author, Scott Leckie, Geneva: Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2000. 60 pages.

Affidavit prepared for a constitutional challenge of the Ontario Safe Streets Act, for the Ontario Court of Justice, November, 2000.

"People Without Housing: Homelessness is a Human Rights Violation," Speaking About Rights (Canadian Human Rights Foundation), 15(1), 2000.

"Differential Incorporation and Housing Trajectories of Recent Immigrant Households: Towards a Conceptual Framework," Co-authors: R.A. Murdie, A.S. Chambon, C. Teixeira, March 1999.

"The Use of Minimum Income Criteria, Summary of Evidence," Ontario Human Rights Commission, Sinclair and Newby v. Bexon Investments Ltd. et al., Board of Inquiry , November 1999.

Expert Witness Statement, Ontario Municipal Board, in the matter of application to demolish rental housing, Goldlist Properties, Toronto, October, 1999.

People Without Housing: Homelessness as a Human Rights Violation. Background paper written for a workshop on human rights for the U.S. National Summit on Homelessness, Washington, May 1999.

Death on the Streets of Canada: A Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee Regarding Compliance of Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Canada. A report submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee, New York, March, 1999.

The Human Right to Adequate Housing in Canada: A Comment on Canada's Compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, with a Focus on Homelessness. A report submitted to the United Nations Committee of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva, October 1998.

"Who's Going to Address our Growing Housing, Homelessness, and Human Rights Disaster? Canadian Housing, 15(2), Summer/Fall 1998.

Immigrants and Access to Housing: How Welcome are Newcomers to Canada? Summary of presentation to Metropolis Year II Conference, 1997.

"Housing Issues Facing Immigrants and Refugees in Greater Toronto: Initial Findings from the Jamaican, Polish and Somali Communities," in E. Komut, ed., Housing Question of the Others, Ankara: Chamber of Architects of Turkey (part of the UN Habitat II conference papers), 1996, pp. 179-190.

Cultural and Ethno-Racial Variables Affecting Resident Participation in Assisted Housing: A Literature Review, by J.D. Hulchanski (principal author), J. Michalski, B. MacLaurin, and Y. Gebre-Selassie, Centre for Applied Social Research University of Toronto, for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ontario Region, December 1996.

"Habitat II: The Right to Housing ...We're Still Waiting," Canadian Housing, Spring 1996.

Discrimination in Ontario's Rental Housing Market: The Role of Income Criteria, a report prepared for the Ontario Human Rights Commission, March 1994.

How Households Obtain their Basic Needs: The Shifting Mix of Cash and Non-Cash Resources, a report prepared for the Ontario Human Rights Commission, March 1994. Co-author: Joseph H. Michalski.

The Use of Percent of Income Rules of Thumb in Housing Analysis: Origins, Evolution and Implications, a report prepared for the Ontario Human Rights Commission, March 1994.

"Legalizing Apartments in Houses: Ontario Ends One Form of Neighbourhood Discrimination Against Tenants," Housing and Human Services Quarterly [a newsletter of the American Planning Association], 14(2), Winter, 1994, pp. 3-4.

"Apartments in Houses: Bill 120's Blow to Residential Apartheid in Ontario," The Intensification Report [published by the Canadian Urban Institute], No. 10, Sept-Oct, 1994, pp. 20-21.

Barriers to Equal Access in the Housing Market: The Role of Discrimination on the Basis of Race and Gender, a report prepared for the Ontario Human Rights Commission, Toronto: Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, Research Paper 187, November 1993. 29 pages.

"And Housing for All: Opening the Doors to Inclusive Community Planning," Plan Canada, May-June, 1993, pp. 24-28.

Housing New Canadians, Research Update #1, co-editor (with A. Chambon), 12 page newsletter published by the Faculty of Social Work Research Office, U. of T., March 1993.

"Planning for Housing for Everyone: Inclusive Community Planning vs. Exclusionary Land Use Planning," brief presented to the Commission on Planning and Development Reform in Ontario, April.

Choice, Voice and Dignity: Housing Issues and Options for Persons with HIV Infection in Canada, A National Study, for National Welfare Grants, Health and Welfare Canada. published by UBC Centre for Human Settlements, Vancouver. December 1991. Co-authors: S. Manson Willms and M.V. Hayes. 65 pages.

Housing for Persons with HIV infection in Canada: Issues and Recommendations, CHS Research Bulletin, UBC Centre for Human Settlements, Vancouver. December 1991. Co-authors: S. Manson Willms and M.V. Hayes. 8 pages.

Housing Options for Persons with AIDS: An Annotated Bibliography, UBC Centre for Human Settlements, for Health and Welfare Canada, January 1991, 16 pages. Co-authors: S. Manson Willms, M. Hayes.

Housing for Persons with HIV Infection in Canada: Issues, Options and Housing System Impacts, UBC Planning Papers, Canadian Planning Issues #30. Co-authors: S. Manson Willms and M.V. Hayes. 24 pages.

Guest Editor, Canadian Housing, special issue on "The Human Right to Housing," 6(1), Spring. Thirteen articles commissioned and edited for this special issue commemorating the 40th anniversary of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

"The Human Right to Housing: Introduction," Canadian Housing, 6(1), Spring, p. 2.

"Do All Canadians Have a Right to Housing?" Canadian Housing, 6(1), Spring, pp. 5-10.

"Poverty, Homelessness and Food Banks: The Impact of Fiscal Restraint and Economic Stagnation on Urban British Columbia," The London Journal of Canadian Studies, 1988, Vol. 5, pp. 114-130.

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Housing and Health

"The Relationship between Housing Conditions and Health Status of Rooming House Residents in Toronto," Canadian Journal of Public Health, 94(6), November/December 2003, 436-440. Co-authors: S.W. Hwang, R.E. Martin, G.S. Tolomiczenko.

"Housing as a socio-economic determinant of health: A Canadian research framework," Chapter 1 of Housing and Health: Research, Policy and Innovation, edited by P. Howden-Chapman and P. Carroll, Wellington, NZ: Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2004, pp. 12-39. Co-authors, J.R. Dunn, M. Hayes, S. Hwang and L. Potvin.

"Making health data maps: A case study of a community/university research collaboration," Social Science and Medicine, 55(7), October 2002, pp: 1189-1206. (Co-author; not main author)

The Housing / Health Relationship: What do we Know?" Reviews on Environmental Health, January, 2000. Co-authors: E. Fuller-Thomson and S. Hwang.

Housing and Population Health: A Review of the Literature, Ottawa: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, January 1999. Co-authors: S. Hwang, E. Fuller-Thomson, T. Bryant, Y. Habib, W. Regoeczi.

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Neighbourhoods and Municipal Planning

Improving Human Development in Cities through Community Development Partnerships, Speaking Out—Speeches and Presentations, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, UofT, October 2002.

"Legalizing Apartments in Houses: Ontario Ends One Form of Neighbourhood Discrimination Against Tenants," Housing and Human Services Quarterly [a newsletter of the American Planning Association], 14(2), Winter, 1994, pp. 3-4.

"Apartments in Houses: Bill 120's Blow to Residential Apartheid in Ontario," The Intensification Report [published by the Canadian Urban Institute], No. 10, Sept-Oct, 1994, pp. 20-21.

"And Housing for All: Opening the Doors to Inclusive Community Planning," Plan Canada, May-June, 1993, pp. 24-28.

"Planning for Housing for Everyone: Inclusive Community Planning vs. Exclusionary Land Use Planning," brief presented to the Commission on Planning and Development Reform in Ontario, April.

"Rebuilding Canada: Property Rights, No; Housing Rights, Yes," Policy Options Politiques, 13(8), October, 1992, 21-23.

Maintaining Low Rent Central Area Housing Stock: A Survey of North American Municipal Initiatives, UBC Centre for Human Settlements, for City of Vancouver Planning Department, January 1991.

"The Nature of Land and Housing: Basic Philosophical Issues," Discussion paper prepared for the Ontario Fair Tax Commission, Working Group on Tax Treatment of Real Estate Gains, September 1991.

The Municipal Role in the Supply and Maintenance of Low Cost Housing: A Review of Current Canadian Initiatives, UBC Centre for Human Settlements, for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, August, 1990, 120 pages. Co-authors: M. Eberle, M. Lytton, K. Olds.

Housing as Northern Community Development: A Case Study of the Homeownership Assistance Program (HAP) in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, External Research Program Publication, March, 106 pages. Co-author: W.E. Rees. Also published by the UBC Centre for Human Settlements.

Planning New Urban Neighbourhoods: Lessons from Toronto's St. Lawrence Neighbourhood, UBC Planning Papers, Canadian Planning Issues #28.

"The Municipal Role in Low-Cost Housing in Canada: Recent Initiatives," Canadian Housing, 7(3), Fall, pp. 51-54.

Low Rent Housing in Vancouver's Central Area: Policy and Program Options, City of Vancouver Planning Department, September.

"Planning New Urban Neighbourhoods: Lessons from Toronto's St. Lawrence Neighbourhood," in Directions for New Urban Neighbourhoods: Learning from St. Lawrence, Conference Proceedings, D.L.A. Gordon, Editor, Toronto: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, pp. 3-1 to 3-17.

Future Directions for Urban Social Planning in Canada, Glen Drover, co-author, Discussion Paper #11, UBC Planning Papers, April 1987. 20 pages.

The Evolution of the Land Use Planning Process in Alberta, 1945-1984, Michael Gordon, co-author, Land Policy Paper No. 5, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, April 1985. 47 pages.

St. Lawrence and False Creek: A Review of the Planning and Development of Two New Inner City Neighbourhoods, [for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa], UBC Planning Papers, Canadian Planning Issues #10, October, 1984.

"The Great Vancouver Land Lottery," [on land speculation and land taxes], The Vancouver Sun, Feb. 16, 1984.

Making Better Use of the Existing Housing Stock: A Literature Review, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Toronto, September, 1982. 155 pages.

The Evolution of Ontario's Early Urban Land Use Planning Regulations, 1900-1920, Land Policy Paper No. 2, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, U of T, November 1982. 39 pages.

The Origins of Land Use Planning in Alberta, 1900-1945, Land Policy Paper No.1, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, U of T, Dec., 1980. 63 pages.

Book Review: A History of Modern Town Planning, by A. Sutcliffe, University of Birmingham, 1977. Urban History Review, 9(2), October 1980, pp. 139-141.

Canadian Town Planning and Housing, 1940-1950: A Historical Bibliography, Bibliographic Series #12, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, U of T, July 1979. 59 pages.

Book Review: Planning the Fourth Migration, edited by C. Sussman, MIT Press, 1976. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 3(2), June 1979, pp. 298-301.

Canadian Town Planning and Housing, 1930-1940: A Historical Bibliography, Bibliographic Series #10, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, U of T, July, 1978. 35 pages.

Canadian Town Planning, 1900-1930: A Historical Bibliography, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, U of T, April, 1978. Ian Cooper, co- author. Published in three volumes:

  • Vol. I Planning, Bibliographic Series #7. 82 pages.
  • Vol. II Housing, Bibliographic Series #8. 21 pages.
  • Vol. III Public Health, Bibliographic Series #9. 24 pages.

Thomas Adams: A Biographical and Bibliographic Guide. Papers on Planning and Design, Paper #15, U of T, April, 1978. 42 pages.

History of Modern Town Planning: A Comprehensive Bibliography, Council of Planning Librarians, Exchange Bibliography #1239, March, 1977. 24 p.

"Citizen Participation in Planning: A Look at the Metropolitan Toronto Transportation Plan Review," Plan Canada, 14(1), Oct. 1974, pp. 23-29.

Citizen Participation in Planning: A Comprehensive Bibliography, Papers on Planning and Design, Paper #2, U of T, February, 1974. 75 pages. Republished in June 1977 by the Council of Planning Librarians.

The Yonge Street Mall: A Feasibility Study, for the City of Toronto. Nov.1974. 210 pages.

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J. David Hulchanski

Current Position

Professor, Housing and Community Development, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

Education

Ph.D. in Urban and
Regional Planning,
University of Toronto,
1981

M.Sc.(Pl.), Urban and Regional Planning, University of Toronto,
1975

B.A., Political Science, Siena College, Albany, NY, 1971

Research Interests

  • housing
  • homelessness
  • neighbourhoods
  • social policy
  • human rights
  • communitydevelopment
  • discrimination
  • municipal planning
  • health and housing
  • history of social policy and community planning

Honours

Endowed Chair,
since 1997
The Dr. Chow Yei Ching Chair in Housing, in the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

North American Editor, Housing Studies, 1996 to 2002

Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1986


Courses

SWK 4422


UCS 1000

SWK 4420

SWK 4663



Community Service

Founding member, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, since 1998

Member, National Housing and Homelessness Network, since 1999

Board of Directors, Raising the Roof: Solutions for Canada's Homeless, 1995-2003

Board of Directors, Ontario Housing Corporation, 1994-1997

Member, Toronto Advisory Committee on Homeless and Socially Isolated Persons, 1996-2002



Collaborative Program in Community Development



Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto



Housing New Canadians



Previous Positions

Associate Professor,
School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, 1983-1991

Director,
UBC Centre for Human Settlements, University of British Columbia, 1988-1991

Instructor,
Urban Studies Program, Innis College, University of Toronto, 1975-1983


     
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