Legislation /Literature Review (Phase 1) - Level UP

Available positions: 4 students. Student 1: Examine the TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) Calls to Action and summarize the points related to Housing. Then examine the City of Edmonton Indigenous Framework and line up the similar points that reference housing. Summarize and categorize these two documents' goals and objectives. Student 2: Review Canada's Poverty Reduction Strategy and the EndPoverty Edmonton Action Plan and pull out all the housing related action items and details from both documents. Conduct a literature review related to affordable housing initiatives in Canada. Student 3: Review the new City of Edmonton Municipal Development Plan (MDP) called City Plan. Pull out all the sections regarding housing objectives. Review the City's Infill Roadmap and also pull out all the objectives and opportunities. Finally take the City's Nodes and Corridors work (going back 7 years to when the work was initiated under Wesley Andreas at the City) and determine how the most current documents align with the City Plan. Summarize these three documents. Student 4: Summarize the Human Rights to Housing argument and proposed legislations, arguments and current status.

Tenant Screening /Intake Research - Level UP

Available positions: 4 students. Student 1: Create a chart that summarizes the Human Rights to Housing findings against the results of Project 1, 2, & 3. This is the milestone project that draws a line in the sand of what the Policy Makers have written down as their Vision. Student 2: Review the current intake process methods used by Edmonton Housing Providers (CRH, GEF, Niginan, Homeward Trust) and create a chart of potential areas of Human Rights to Housing violations. Student 3: Conduct research and identify precedent documents used in tenant management in affordable housing developments. E.g. application, eligibility determination, interview questions. Student 4: Conduct a literature review related to Code of Conduct for tenant communities in general and for affordable housing projects in particular.

Tenant Screening /Intake Design - Level UP

Available positions: 4 students. Student 1: Review the current intake process methods used by Edmonton Housing Providers (CRH, GEF, Niginan, Homeward Trust) and create a chart of potential areas of Human Rights to Housing violations. Student 2: Define the Objectives of Green Violin's tenant screening process and create an "idealized" Intake Process (application form + interview). Student 3: Create the Green Violin Code of Conduct for tenant community respect and behavior, including the consequences and remedies for contraindications. Student 4: Review the Landlord and Tenant Act (LTA) and highlight where the objectives of Green Violin's tenant screening process might contradict the LTA. Create a list of Green Violin operational barriers caused by the LTA clashing with the Intake Process and the Code of Conduct

Legislation /Literature Review (Phase 2) - Level UP

Available positions: 4 students. Student 1: Investigate the Co-op living model including current legislation and a sample of typical bylaws and rights of co-op members. We will coordinate with expert opinion from Communitas, Sundance Coop, and the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association (ACCA). Student 2: Investigate Co-Housing models and legal precedents. Student 3: Review of the bareland condo subdivision regulations and lot registration procedures (in consultation with condo lawyers). Student 4: Summarize the Co-op, co-housing, and bareland condo information in a comparative chart.

Green Violin Model Design/Symposium Design - Level UP

Available positions: 4 students. Student 1: Review analysis in previous tasks (projects 13, 14, 15, and 16) and decide on the goals of Green Violin's Tiny Home Community projects and create a SWOT analysis and Risk Matrix of our options that meet Green Violin's overarching objective. Student 2: Create a working model for Green Violin's Apartment Model 2650's Intake Process and Code of Conduct. Produce the Business Case for presenting that tenant strategy for Green Violin Model 2650's Student 3: Produce draft agreement documents for Green Violin model. Student 4: Design communications strategy for symposium. Create project overview and agenda.

Summary/Symposium Preparation - Level UP

Available positions: 4 students. Student 1: Produce Infographics for easy reference for legislative review (from previous projects 1,2,3,4) Student 2: Produce Infographics for easy reference for housing model analysis (from previous projects 13, 14, 15, 17) Student 3: Write a report summarizing all legal research conducted which includes appendices with all drafted documents. Student 4: Write a report describing proposed models and processes.

Symposium Moderation and Reporting - Level UP

Available positions: 4 students. Student 1: Prepare for/and conduct a panel discussion symposium on Tenant selection and Neighbourhood Sovereignty using the collected information from previous projects. Student 2: Write the report on the findings and the discussion results from the Symposium. Student 3: Conduct a legal review of the implications of findings form the Symposium review Student 4: Create a summary document of Lessons Learned.