Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

CMHC is committed to helping Canadians access a wide choice of quality, affordable homes, while making vibrant, healthy communities and cities a reality across the country. CMHC works to enhance Canada's housing finance options, assist Canadians who cannot afford housing in the private market, improve building standards and housing construction, and provide policymakers with the information and analysis they need to sustain a vibrant housing market in Canada.

CMHC is a sponsor of the Sustainable Communities feature, which provides information on sustainable solutions, encourages the revitalization of central cores, identifies best practices and approaches in urban environmental management and economic development, promotes affordable, healthy housing, and showcases success stories.

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CMHC Housing Research

CMHC's leading edge research in housing, urban issues and sustainable community planning provides information and tools to enable innovative decision-making by all levels of government, academics, consumers, and other industry professionals. Through research, CMHC also contributes to the well-being of the housing sector by offering:

• Canada's leading source of objective, reliable housing information;
• Answers to questions about buying or maintaining a house, planning a renovation or adapting a home to meet changing needs;
  
• Insightful research, timely forecasts and detailed analysis of housing market trends, demographics and consumer preferences; and
  
• Best practices in housing technology, construction and design to help guide the future of Canadian housing.
  

CMHC is committed to research to help Canadians understand and improve the technical, economic, environmental and social aspects of housing. The goal of CMHC's research on sustainable community planning is to encourage neighbourhood design and land use planning approaches that reduce costs and environmental impacts, while maintaining community liveability. Our research provides best practices in design and development, tools for planners and designers, and other research on sustainability.

For CMHC sustainable communities research, visit: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/inpr/su/sucopl/index.cfm