The Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative (CHEC), is a national knowledge mobilization and capacity-building hub of a grant-funded, applied housing research network. CHEC’s vision is to help Canada achieve housing solutions that meet the needs of a growing, urbanizing and aging population, maximize well-being, minimize environmental impact, accommodate diversity, strengthen public institutions, and facilitate stable and productive economies in a globalizing world context. CHEC brokers meaningful collaborations, strengthens housing research capacity and amplifies the impact of timely, relevant and rigorous research undertaken by research partners to inform policies, programs and initiatives that reflect National Housing Strategy priorities as well as citizen insights, values and housing experiences.

CHEC is currently engaged in a number of research projects that involve municipal, provincial and federal housing research.