Understanding Social Inclusion and NIMBYism in Providing Affordable Housing

PDF - Report

This research provides insights into how social inclusion and NIMBYism are defined and how they interact in a Canadian context. It also presents measures and conditions that can overcome NIMBYism and lead to successful affordable housing projects.

The tactics and lessons learned can help these groups develop strategies to overcome NIMBYism and foster social inclusion:

Municipalities
Planners
Housing providers
Policy makers

Understanding different mitigation measures is important. By ensuring these measures are an essential component of project planning, they can save housing providers time and money. They can also result in better outcomes for the provider, tenants and the community.

Author:: CMHC
Document Type:: PDF
Date Published:: December 23, 2020

Download

research-insight-social-inclusion-nimby-affordable-housing-69697-enpdf

Key findings from this research

Behaviours associated with NIMBY attitudes can be softened and evolve over time.
NIMBYism can happen before and after social housing is built. One social inclusion project may go through but threaten future projects.
Communication and relationship-building are important for buy-in of affordable housing and social inclusion projects.
Evidence-based approaches help to gain acceptance and foster social inclusion.
Proper social inclusion project planning can ensure the timely construction of much needed affordable housing.

This report is part of the Research Insight series. Read the full report Understanding Social Inclusion and NIMBYism in Providing Affordable Housing (PDF).