We're excited to announce that the ReHousing Property Analysis and Quick Budget Tools for Toronto are now live. This beta tool helps users quickly understand the potential of any property in Toronto.
Learn More →Michael Piper weighs in on the state of 3D-printed homes in Canada for CBC News.
Learn More →ReHousing, LGA, and the University of Toronto hosted a lecture presenting key research findings, LGA’s National Housing Catalogue, and ReHousing’s web platform for citizen-developers.
Learn More →CMHC released a catalogue of more than 50 standardized low-rise housing designs focused on gentle density and infill development. LGA contributed designs to the catalogue.
Learn More →ReHousing, Ha/f Climate Design, and People Design Co-op released the Low Carbon Guide for Multiplex Conversions, offering practical strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of housing conversions.
Learn More →ReHousing was commissioned by Climate Design Initiative to develop a catalogue of Canadian and international housing precedents and evaluate their potential climate resilience and retrofit performance.
ReHousing was commissioned by the City of Toronto Department of City Planning to study the viability of six-unit multiplexes across Toronto. This work is ongoing.
ReHousing participated in a City of Toronto EHON workshop identifying barriers to multiplex development following 200 multiplex applications.
Azure Magazine featured ReHousing and LGA’s Ulster House, with reflections from Janna Levitt and a look at gentle density’s potential to shape more livable neighbourhoods.
Learn More →ReHousing participated and presented at the Housing Finance Forum, which brought together innovators, financiers, and stakeholders for collaborative problem solving.
Learn More →Prepared by Blackwell Engineering, this report introduces structural considerations for the thirteen house types in the housing catalogue, along with a glossary and answers to common questions.
Learn More →ReHousing’s Citizen Developer Guide was featured in UrbanToronto as part of its Sustainability Month coverage.
Learn More →ReHousing was commissioned to study the viability of six-unit multiplexes in Ward 23 in Toronto.
Learn More →Phase 2 of ReHousing’s research launched on the website, including Getting Started, Pick Your Project, and the Construction Catalogue.
ReHousing coordinated a workshop with recent FutureBUILDS alumni to test the Getting Started, Pick Your Project, and Construction Catalogue research.
Research Associate Rashmi Sirkar presented ReHousing’s multiplex and Low Carbon Solutions research at the CAHP Workroom on climate action and adaptive reuse in Ottawa.
Samantha Eby presented at The Walrus Talks: Equitable Housing in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Learn More →ReHousing joined People Design Co-op to coordinate a workshop on establishing new best practices and presented multiplex and low-carbon research.
ReHousing joined Daniel and Nick to discuss the project on the Canadian Real Estate Investor’s Podcast.
Learn More →Research Associate Rashmi Sirkar presented ReHousing’s multiplex and Low Carbon Solutions research.
The School of Cities at the University of Toronto commissioned ReHousing to create a video series about citizen developers, the missing little, and multiplexes.
Learn More →New amendments came into effect permitting multiplexes in all residential zones across Toronto.
Learn More →Michael Piper led a field trip for the FutureBUILDS cohort.
Learn More →Toronto City Council adopted Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments to permit multiplexes in neighbourhoods city-wide.
Learn More →The ReHousing team’s zoning analysis was included in the final Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods: Multiplex Study.
Learn More →ReHousing presented multiplex research to a Canadian Home Builders’ Association chapter in British Columbia.
Learn More →Canadian Architect published a feature on ReHousing and Housing Multitudes.
Learn More →The ReHousing team was invited to present its multiplex housing research for the Design Excellence Network in Melbourne, Australia.
Learn More →Azure Magazine published a feature about the ReHousing project.
Learn More →The Architect’s Newspaper published a feature on Housing Multitudes at the University of Toronto and the future of suburbia.
Learn More →A webinar exploring cost-effective renovation of smaller-scale Missing Middle housing, with a pre-panel presentation by Michael Piper.
Learn More →ReHousing presented at GoCo Solutions’ conference exploring the many aspects of co-ownership.
Learn More →Proposed amendments to permit multiplexes city-wide were posted to the City of Toronto’s website.
Learn More →Michael Piper presented at a roundtable bringing together urban scholars, designers, planners, community developers, and policy specialists.
Learn More →An exhibition at Regent Park’s World Urban Pavilion.
Learn More →Janna Levitt presented ReHousing’s work at the Interior Design Show Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Michael Piper taught a seminar at the University of Toronto exploring strategies for retrofitting single-family neighbourhoods into multi-family co-housing.
Learn More →The School of Cities commissioned the ReHousing team to create a video series about citizen developers and multiplex housing.
Learn More →The funding supports research into a pre-design and pricing tool or system for multiplex conversion during 2023–24.
Learn More →CBC Metro Morning featured ReHousing’s free designs for converting single-family homes into multi-unit dwellings.
Learn More →Azure Magazine featured ReHousing and Housing Multitudes.
Learn More →Michael Piper co-moderated, alongside Richard Sommer, a lecture by June Williamson at the Daniels Faculty, University of Toronto.
Learn More →The ReHousing team, working with the EHON Working Group, was commissioned by the City of Toronto to analyze proposed multiplex zoning changes.
The Globe and Mail featured ReHousing and Housing Multitudes in an article about reimagining suburban landscapes.
Learn More →The Housing Multitudes exhibition opened at the Architecture and Design Gallery in the Daniels Building.
Learn More →Conrad Speckert presented ReHousing to the Technical Research Committee of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association at its fall 2022 meeting.
Michael Piper taught a seminar at the University of Toronto exploring ReHousing strategies in collaboration with GoCo Solutions, Circle Community Land Trust, and Owniblii.
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