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Planning in theory and practice ‑ Neighbourhood Change

Posted by Anne Swan on June 2, 2016 in Planning

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A diverse crowd showed up at the Oosterveld centre last week to discuss neighbourhood change. Community stakeholders of all types attended, including councillor Jennifer Watts, planner Jacob Ritchie, social workers, housing officers, students, housing providers, and rooming house residents.
Dalhousie Planning Professor Jill Grant started off the evening with an overview of what the Neighbourhood Change Research Partnership has accomplished thus far and directions for the future. Howard Ramos then discussed his findings on how Haligonians perceive change in their “neighbourhood” discussing a “middling” of income, perceptions of affordability, sense of belonging, and civicness. Uytae Lee then presented his finding on where rooming houses are in Halifax from 1995-2016, finding a loss of licensed rooming houses and an increase in “quasi rooming houses” aimed at students. Janelle Derksen concluded the evening with a presentation on the upcoming research on rooming houses, looking at issues, opportunities and polices for this form of housing.

The audience was active in discussion and many suggestions and insights were heard about both the research results and the opportunities for moving forward. We want to thank everyone for coming out and invite you to continue the conversation with us about neighbourhood change.
Follow the research at: http://theoryandpractice.planning.dal.ca/neighbourhood/

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