Mar 15, 2019 | Affordable Housing, Reframe, Social Innovation, Social Venture Development
Recently, Urban Matters’ Social Venture Developer Jerome Lengkeek visited the Reframe winners in person. His first stop was Kamloops, BC.
Mar 12, 2019 | Civic Social Innovation, Homelessness, Housing, Social Innovation, Urban Systems
“As part of a company that is deeply invested in the wellbeing of communities across the country, I see this role as an opportunity to share my learnings as I continue to learn.”
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...
Jul 23, 2018 | Affordable Housing, Housing
How the City of Grand Forks is turning a one-in-200-year flooding event into an opportunity for long-term housing solutions for their community. In early May, many residents of the City of Grand Forks and neighbouring areas of the Regional District of...
Mar 5, 2018 | Affordable Housing, Homelessness, Housing, Indigenous Communities, Matt Thomson
The BC Provincial Government recently released the 2018 Budget and announced a robust commitment to make life more affordable for British Columbians. We asked Matt Thomson, Urban Matters’ Community Housing Lead for his thoughts on the B.C. Government’s 30-Point...