The Changing Landscape of Ottawa Rooming Houses between 1990 and 2020

This thesis investigates the emblematic changes of the rooming house landscape in Ottawa between 1990 and 2020. Unveiling a range of socio-economic factors, this research adopts the framework of neoliberalism and financialization of housing to explore this changing landscape. My research focuses on the closure and subsequent transformations of rooming houses in two neighborhoods, Centretown and Sandy Hill. Through examining these cases and study sites in downtown Ottawa, this research uncovers how rooming houses undergo changes, often succumbing to profit-driven corporate interests, thus steering rooming houses away from their traditional role of providing affordable rental housing in the private sector. The changing landscape of rooming houses illustrates the ramifications for affordable housing options in the neoliberal and financialized urban environment of cities such as Ottawa.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geography

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Sperry, Jessica Caitlyn

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2024 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, distribution to students, research and scholarship. Theses may only be shared by linking to the Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be copied without proper attribution to the author; no part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/2024-16271

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/43054