Benefits of community building for housing providers: video
Landlords and housing operators can help nurture relationships among residents, and the positive returns for everyone involved can be substantial.
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Practice Guide #2: Landlord- and housing operator-led approaches to growing community in multi-unit housing
This guide explores many relatively easy things that residents, landlords, housing operators, community organizations, and governments can do to support residents in making activities and social connectedness happen.
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The benefits of neighbourly connections for residents in multi-unit housing: video
Residents share why they became community connectors in their multi-unit buildings, what kinds of activities they helped organize, and what the benefits have been.
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Practice Guide #1: Supporting residents to become community connectors in multi-unit housing
This guide explores many relatively easy things that residents, landlords, housing operators, community organizations, and governments can do to support residents in making activities and social connectedness happen.
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Seven lessons for implementing social activities in rental housing
Social activities for neighbours can help build a sense of community, boosting health, happiness, and resilience in multi-unit buildings.
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Happy, healthy tenants benefit landlords, too
Three ways rental housing providers can support social connectedness within their buildings.
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How an 11 year-old helped connect neighbours through the pandemic
In contrast to some claims that apartment living is lonely or isolating, the Community Connectors program shows that multi-unit buildings offer a wealth of social support at one’s fingertips.
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How do researcher-community partnerships turn the dial towards greater social connectedness?
How three aspects of the photo exhibition strengthened the meaningful impact of Callista Ottoni’s research.
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Reducing social isolation among older adults helps everyone
Efforts to tackle social isolation among older Canadians could produce a wealth of health and lifestyle benefits for the country’s aging population. But the National Institute on Ageing also argues…
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Loneliness at home: reviewing the Psychology of Loneliness report from the UK Campaign to End Loneliness
HNC’s Lainey Martin and Robyn Lee review the ‘Psychology of Loneliness’ report from the Campaign to End Loneliness, originally produced for the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative.
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Dorin Vaez Mahdavi on finding friends and what makes a city vibrant
One of Hey Neighbour’s newest research assistants talks about her academic interests and what she loves most about travelling to other countries.
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More housing supply isn’t a cure-all for the housing crisis
Drawing on a B.C.-wide survey of 1,004 residents conducted from March to April 2021, our recent study shows that unaffordability is only one type of housing vulnerability that has taken its toll on British Columbians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Learning from community housing movements: Unlocking the social potential of parking spaces
Parking is a resource-intensive use of space. What if these resources could be freed up to boost social connection instead?
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Three ways neighbourhoods matter for older adult social connectedness
When the pandemic began, we knew little about its impact on the well-being of older adults. HNC collaborators set-out to find some answers. Below, we summarize some newly published findings from our study. We hope you enjoy the highlights.
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Samantha Teichman on ageing in place and finding community in the big city
Chatting with one of HNC’s newest Research Assistants about her work in the Collective and what keeps her grounded in challenging times.
