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Social activities for neighbours can help build a sense of community, boosting health, happiness, and resilience in multi-unit buildings.
Three ways rental housing providers can support social connectedness within their buildings.
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.
Parking is a resource-intensive use of space. What if these resources could be freed up to boost social connection instead?
On June 8, 2022, we continued the conversation with a similar cross-section of engaged professionals in a half-day in-person workshop as part of the two-day symposium entitled Living Together: Connecting Housing, Social Wellbeing, and Resilience.
Hallways, entrances, and exits are primarily designed with fire safety in mind, which can lead to long, monotonous corridors.
Five design strategies for transforming a lobby into an awesome social space.
Resources from presenters and participants from the symposium, presented by Hey Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities, SFU Urban Studies and SFU Public Square.
Watch these three symposium sessions from June 8th, the second day of the Living Together Symposium.
Watch these three symposium sessions from June 7th, the first day of the Living Together Symposium.
Feeling connected to our communities, neighbours, and friends is fundamental to human wellbeing.
Living Together is a two-day series of engaging presentations and dialogues about tackling loneliness and social isolation in our homes and urban communities.
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…
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.
We worked with Happy Cities to develop a guidebook of engagement ideas to help people stay connected during times of physical distancing.
