Nov 30, 2018 | BC’s Affordable Housing Conference, Housing, Housing Central, Social Enterprise, Social Venture Development
What does it take to bring innovative housing ideas together to imagine the future of community housing in Canada? A competition, of course. Starting in June 2018, a brand new community housing competition called the Reframe Housing Competition (Reframe) invited...
Aug 15, 2018 | Affordable Housing, BC’s Affordable Housing Conference
Everywhere you look nowadays, people are having a conversation about housing: How do we ensure equitable housing for everyone? What does the solution or solutions look like? Perhaps not part of the conversation, however, is how to share the success stories that are...
May 2, 2018 | Affordable Housing, BC’s Affordable Housing Conference, case study, case study: community housing, Homelessness
Homelessness in Richmond is often not a topic that catches much public attention, especially with the far more visible homelessness challenges in neighbouring Vancouver. But homelessness is an issue for the City of Richmond too, with 70 individuals identified in the...
Nov 16, 2017 | BC’s Affordable Housing Conference, Housing Central, Housing Consultant, Social Innovation
Access to safe, secure and affordable housing is a massive pain point in many areas of Canada, but the stress in British Columbia these days is extreme. The reasons are varied; homeless counts are surging and rental vacancy rates have sunk to historic lows. Because of...
