Dr. Patricia Streich
Senior Evaluation Consultant

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Dr. Streich has been involved in public policy and evaluation research for more than 20 years, having conducted evaluations of major Federal social housing programs such as the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP); Co-operative Housing Program; Urban Social Housing Program; and Non-Profit, Rent Supplement and Urban Native Housing Programs. Several of these major Federal evaluations have addressed issues of family violence, such as the 1995 Evaluation of Project Haven; Next Step Program (1997); and CMHC's Shelter Enhancement Program (2002, 2008-2010).  She has extensive experience collaborating with inter-departmental committees and other Federal departments on Reports to Parliament regarding the Family Violence Initiative (FVI) and with Statistics Canada to enhance data related to family violence in Canada.

Dr. Streich was responsible for planning and managing numerous CMHC evaluations, including: Evaluation of the Canada Mortgage Bonds Program (2008) and the 2003-2004 Evaluation of the Homeownership Education Training Pilot Program (HETP)which assessed the relevance, success and cost-effectiveness of a seminar method of providing homebuying information to Canadians.  The evaluation involved an assessment of the contribution of training session information to decision-making of first-time homebuyers enrolling in the seminars, and the comparative effectiveness of other information provided through standard CMHC publications.  Other CMHC evaluations in which Dr. Streich has been involved include the Assisted Homeownership Program (AHOP) and Homeownership for Lower Income Canadians.  She has also conducted several studies of reverse mortgage annuity plans such as:  A Feasibility Study of the Market for Reverse Mortgages and Home Annuity Plans (for the Alberta Department of Housing & Public Works); and A Pilot Study of Lender Attitudes to Reverse Mortgages (for CMHC).

Some of her recent SPR projects include:  Evaluation of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program (V/WAP) (for the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, 2010-2011); Study of Redevelopment-Regeneration of Social & Affordable Housing in Canada (for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2010-2011); and Highlights Report for the 2008-2010 Evaluation of the Shelter Enhancement Program (for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2010).