Craig E. Jones

Associate Director
Housing Research Collaborative
MA (UBC), PhD (UBC)

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Dr. Craig Jones is the Associate Director of the Housing Research Collaborative (HRC) and the Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) project. Craig received his PhD from UBC’s Department of Geography. Through the HRC, Craig supports research on rental housing, evictions, land use and redevelopment. The HART project develops standardized, replicable and equity-focused tools, along with associated public information and training, to improve the quality of housing supply decision-making at all levels of government across Canada.

Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART)

Housing Research Collaborative
Craig Jones

Organization Affiliations

  • Allard School of Law

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Can we solve Canada’s housing crisis by providing better data on housing needs, building non-market housing on vacant public land, mitigating the effects of no-fault evictions, and developing strategies to preserve existing affordability in the rental market?

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  1. The Globe and Mail: Despite rise in Vancouver rental vacancies, affordability is still a distant dream
  2. The Globe and Mail: Underused public land in some of Canada’s larger cities could house a million people, study shows
  3. CBC News: B.C. Conservatives pledge balanced budget, end to carbon tax
  4. CBC News: B.C.'s short-term rental rules cause drop in listings: study
  5. CKNW Jas Johal Show: Election 2024 - Challenges and opportunities for housing in B.C.
  6. Toronto Star: Pension plans should build housing their members can actually afford
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