8:00 am – 9:00 am - Harmony A Ballroom

Session #4 - Opening Keynote
State of Rental Housing in Canada - Navigating Growth While Protecting Affordability

Steve Pomeroy 

Principal, Focus Consulting Inc.

Industry Professor, McMaster University, and Executive Advisor to the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative (CHEC); and Senior Research Fellow, Carleton University, Centre for Urban Research and Education (CURE)

Steve is an Ottawa based housing research consultant and part time lecturer at Carleton and McMaster, teaching housing policy. 
Widely recognized as one of the leading housing policy experts and thought leaders in Canada, Steve has 40 years of experience in the housing sector, working at the municipal and federal government, in non-profit development and since 1994 as a consultant and part-time academic.  In 2019 he helped create the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative (CHEC) at McMaster to establish a stronger academic presence in housing research and policy analysis and remains active as an Industry Professor and Executive Advisor. 
Since 1994 he has authored over 260 research reports and papers on housing and homeless issues. He is a frequent commentator on housing issues in various national and local media - but he doesn't tweet!