This is an update on 2008-2009 plans for this BALTA research project, which is looking at affordable housing in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia, Canada. The project includes both an affordable housing assessment ...

As housing co-operatives start to reach the point where they are retiring their mortgages, questions arise as to whether and how those assets might be leveraged to further support the needs of the affordable and co-operative ...

One of the first steps in any research process is to undertake a thorough review of the existing literature in a particular area in order to understand the field of knowledge that is being drawn from and built upon. In ...

This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on BALTA Project A6, which looked at affordsble housing provision through social economy organizations in the Upper ...

This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of a BALTA action research project (A7) linked to a spatial design research approach working with a ...

This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on BALTA Project A9, which looked at successful cases of affordable housing provision through social economy ...

This powerpoint presentation was presented at the 2008 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and reviews the results of BALTA's housing related research in 2007-2008. It focuses specifically ...

This case study examines the Vancouver Community Land Trust Foundation (Land Trust), a project being implemented in Vancouver, BC by a consortium of non-profit organizations, social finance1 institutions and the municipal ...

This proposal/plan document outlines a research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The project explores models of successful financing and management of non-profit housing in Alberta and ...

This is the annual research program plan of Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 1 of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). SERC 1's mandate includes both housing and human/social services. The research ...