Reflections from a landlord on the importance of relationships, self-awareness, trust and more
How do you show up for work as a landlord or property manager? I’ve been thinking about this question a lot recently. How do I listen to people who are…
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Getting to know Ghazaleh Akbarnejad
We recently sat down with Ghazaleh over Zoom to chat about her work with the Collective and her experiences with liminal spaces and architecture.
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Getting to know Lainey Martin
A Hey Neighbour Collective research assistant tells us about the joy and importance of getting to know your neighbours.
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How sociable is life in multi-unit rental housing: Results from Hey Neighbour Collective’s 2020-21 resident surveys
This report provides results of the initial 2020-21 round of resident surveys completed by 619 residents of housing provided by Catalyst Community Developments Society, Brightside Community Homes Foundation, and Concert Properties in British Columbia.
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What we’re following: great reads, resources, new tech and more.
A short list of articles and studies on issues like social connectedness, climate change, housing, and aging.
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Partner snapshot: Seniors Services Society of BC
The mission is to connect older adults with individual supports and housing-navigation services to enhance their lives.
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A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: A photovoice exploration into social connections at home
The SFU Research team recently completed “A Picture is Worth 1000 Words”, a Photovoice project which explores people’s experiences of social connection and isolation.
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Mainstreaming socially connected, affordable multi-unit housing across British Columbia
On September 16, Hey Neighbour Collective and Happy Cities co-hosted an online workshop to explore cultural, financial, and policy-level challenges to building socially connected, affordable multi-unit housing communities. We were joined…
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What we’re following on social connectedness, trust, housing, and loneliness
Here’s a roundup of what we’re reading and listening to. We hope you enjoy it.
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Video: Building community into the bottom line
On June 22nd, Hey Neighbour Collective and co-hosts Happy City, Concert Properties and SFU Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue held a panel and webinar to discuss the City of Vancouver’s role in catalyzing Concert’s Connecting our Communities approach and more.
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Webinar: Building community into the bottom line
Join us for a free webinar on Tuesday, June 22nd to explore ways that landlords and property managers can work with their residents to build community, social connections and capacity for neighbourly mutual aid.
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Who is in your emergency kit?
Neighbours who already knew each other and their respective lifestyles and needs have been able to support each other relatively easily and effectively – whereas neighbours who weren’t already connected have scrambled to figure out how to build relationships.
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Building better with feedback loops
Maura Chestnutt discusses how tenants are helping Catalyst design buildings that foster greater privacy, security, and community.
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Fostering preparedness and community in multi-unit buildings
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ Stacy Barter discusses the Connect &
Prepare program and how property managers can best support and benefit from social connectedness and emergency preparedness among tenants. -
Building community into the bottom line
For property managers, it can be challenging to move a greater sense of community off the “nice to have” list and into an actual budget line item.
