David Harrison MCIP Blog

CIP 27 June 23 Mental Health Non-Market Housing

David Harrison, June 29 2023

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Pictou County Age-Friendly Community Plan Presentation March 2023

David Harrison, March 23 2023

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Happy Valley-Goose Bay Housing Needs Assessment

David Harrison, June 16 2022

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Main Street Centre Social Outcomes Framework

David Harrison, April 5 2022

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CMHC needs to transfer affordable housing decision-making back to Halifax

David Harrison, November 19 2021

CBC News article by Shaina Luck posted November 5, 2021

HRM's planning culture needs to change

David Harrison, November 10 2021

Response to the Licensed Professional Planners of Nova Scotia’s Request for Input on the Housing in the Halifax Regional Municipality Act Urban planning in Halifax Regional Municipality is inordinately focused on development form and what planners think buildings are supposed to look like. Less emphasis on those parameters and more emphasis on...

Is HRM's affordable housing work plan actually working?

David Harrison, July 12 2021

Before exploring this question, let me share some experiences from my world of work over the last 18 months: In May of 2020, I conducted a survey of Dartmouth residents (N=311) and only 7% felt HRM was doing a good job on affordable housing... 63% felt HRM’s efforts need to be

Does HRM Have $1M to support affordable housing?

David Harrison, June 28 2021

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Dartmouth East's Senior Population Projection: March 2021

David Harrison, April 14 2021

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Submission made to to NS Affordable Housing Commission's Request for Public Input

David Harrison, February 18 2021

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