Celia Wandio

Celia Wandio is the recipient of the Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance. She is a second year Master of Science in Planning student whose research interests are informed by her prior work experiences in the social and co-operative housing sectors in the UK and Canada. Her areas of interest include public housing and alternative community-based models of affordable housing provision. She is also interested in government policies related to the private rental sector and their impact on affordability and security of tenure for tenants. Celia’s research focuses on municipal housing policy and specifically how municipalities fund affordable housing programs that support the non-profit housing sector.