Partner Highlight: How Build Canada Homes can go beyond affordability
Happy Cities highlights what Canada can learn from non-market housing communities about social connection, health, and belonging.
In September, the federal government announced the Build Canada Homes program, a national initiative to “build affordable housing at scale and at speed.”
Over the last few years, Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective have been collaborating on the Building Social Connections project, where we’ve been developing resources, toolkits, and examples for how to build and design multi-unit homes that strengthen neighbourly connections, belonging, and resilience.
In this article, Emma Avery of Happy Cities presents three new, non-market buildings in Metro Vancouver that offer inspiration for building housing that is intentionally designed to be more affordable and connected.
For more, visit our collaborative Building Social Connections Toolkit. Dive into the full case studies in our Building Social Connections report.
