# Peer-Daniel Scheer [ Pronunciation guide ](/sites/default/files/2022-09/peer-daniel_scheer.m4a) [He/his](https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/) MaP (SCARP) Adjunct Professor - Email: - Bio - Research - Courses ##### Bio Peer-Daniel Scheer is a housing planner, researcher, and facilitator. He currently serves as Manager of Housing and Social Policy with the City of Coquitlam, where he draws on years of municipal planning experience to advance housing policy and cross-departmental initiatives. Peer-Daniel is committed to supporting communities and organizations in making better decisions and creating sustainable change. He has served on non-profit housing boards, alongside his professional background in non-profit real estate development, housing policy, and homelessness work. He holds a master’s in planning from UBC. ##### Research His research regards Affordable Housing, Homelessness, Non-Market Housing Development, Local Government, Non-Profit Governance, and Housing with Supports. ##### Courses ### PLAN 530 : Affordable Housing Policy and Planning **[Peer-Daniel Scheer](/directory/peer-daniel-scheer)** This course explores affordable housing policy and planning in BC through a housing planner’s lens. It covers: (1) Introduction to Housing Planning and Key Concepts; (2) Indigenous Housing; (3) Government Tools, Strategies and Obligations; (4) Understanding Housing Types and Tenures Across the Continuum: Market, Non-Market & Homelessness; (5) New Ideas and Innovative Practices. We apply lenses of Intersectionality and Social Determinants of Health on the topics explored in the class. Its geographic focus is on rural, peri-urban and urban communities in British Columbia. - Level - Master's - Eligibility - UBC Graduate Student ![Man in beige button-up top](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/profile-images/2025-09/peer-daniel-scheer-2025.jpg.webp?itok=pEI8pQ-D) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peer-daniel-krause/)