Resilience and Innovative Practices
The main strength of community-based housing is that it is owned and managed by the community itself, helping to strengthen the social safety net.
We want the sector to continue to innovate to better adapt to future challenges, including financialization, gentrification of urban centres, a rapidly aging population, shrinking household sizes, new government policies and emerging environmental demands. Each time the economy, the legal framework, demographic changes and the social context evolve, community housing must adjust, reinvent itself and find appropriate solutions.
We must therefore strive to mobilize the collective expertise of our members, tenants, staff, partners and allies to bring about greater creativity and knowledge sharing.
That’s why we are building sector resilience by implementing innovative practices that make it easier for community housing providers of all shapes and sizes to sustain, grow and improve their services. In this way, the knowledge developed through our resources contributes to the collective intelligence of the sector.
We are therefore committed to:
- Improving the quality of management and governance within the sector
- Engaging community housing providers in leveraging the financial and social outcomes of their operations
- Supporting providers in deploying transformative business and management models
Special Projects
- Plancher
- Indigenous Internship Program
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Black Community Housing Resource Centre
Grants
- Local Projects
- Sectoral Projects
- Nunalingni Piruqpaalirut Fund
- Nova Scotia’s Community Housing Growth Fund
Resource Inventory
Access a list of resources selected by the Centre’s team to meet your organizational needs based on your areas of interest and location. Included are the following:
- Guides, reports and tools
- Activities and training
- Financing opportunities
News on resilience and innovative practices
Innovative solutions for housing in Atlantic Canada: exploring new financing models
The community housing sector in Atlantic Canada faces persistent challenges that demand innovative, scalable solutions. A new initiative, supported by the Centre, in partnership with Davis Pier and in collaboration […]
Let’s Open Doors: a practical guide to repurposing faith-based properties into affordable housing
Transforming faith-owned properties into community housing is one potential solution to the housing crisis. What is involved? Indwell Community Homes, a leader in supportive housing development, addresses this question in […]
Towards 20%: perspectives from abroad for Quebec’s housing sector
The recent Journées d’étude internationales sur le logement social et communautaire in Montreal gathered numerous Quebec leaders from the community housing sector, united by a common goal: to find sustainable […]
