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  • The exterior walkway at Quayside Village Cohousing features places to sit and chat, and is filled with plants.
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    Learning from community housing movements: Transforming corridors into social spaces

    By Happy Cities 2022 . 08 . 052022 . 09 . 13

    Hallways, entrances, and exits are primarily designed with fire safety in mind, which can lead to long, monotonous corridors.

    Read More Learning from community housing movements: Transforming corridors into social spacesContinue

  • Extreme heat resource round-up
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    Extreme heat resource round-up

    By Michelle Hoar 2022 . 07 . 272023 . 01 . 31

    These resources can help handle the heat, whether you are an individual looking to support yourself, loved ones or neighbours, or a landlord looking for help in supporting residents.

    Read More Extreme heat resource round-upContinue

  • Little Mountain Cohousing’s entry lounge becomes an impromptu play area after school lets out.
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    Learning from community housing movements: The social potential of multi-unit building lobbies

    By Happy Cities 2022 . 07 . 142022 . 09 . 13

    Five design strategies for transforming a lobby into an awesome social space.

    Read More Learning from community housing movements: The social potential of multi-unit building lobbiesContinue

  • Resource roundup from the Living Together Symposium.
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    Resource roundup from Living Together Symposium

    By Hey Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities, SFU Urban Studies & SFU Public Square 2022 . 07 . 052022 . 10 . 04

    Resources from presenters and participants from the symposium, presented by Hey Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities, SFU Urban Studies and SFU Public Square.

    Read More Resource roundup from Living Together SymposiumContinue

  • Residents play together in the common courtyard at Capitol Hill Urban Cohousing in Seattle.
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    Learning from community housing movements: Six principles for building happier homes

    By Happy Cities 2022 . 06 . 202022 . 09 . 13

    Feeling connected to our communities, neighbours, and friends is fundamental to human wellbeing.

    Read More Learning from community housing movements: Six principles for building happier homesContinue

  • Hey Neighbour Collective Spring 2022 Headlines Roundup
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    Loneliness, leadership, and how buildings can make us happier

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 05 . 062023 . 02 . 14

    A list of articles and resources on issues like social connectedness, public health, and community design.

    Read More Loneliness, leadership, and how buildings can make us happierContinue

  • Hey Neighbour Collective's Roundup of "What We're Reading" article headline images
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    What we’re following: great reads, resources, new tech and more.

    By Michelle Hoar 2022 . 01 . 242023 . 02 . 14

    A short list of articles and studies on issues like social connectedness, climate change, housing, and aging.

    Read More What we’re following: great reads, resources, new tech and more.Continue

  • Mainstreaming socially connected affordable housing illustration with people interacting with each other in the city scape..
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    Mainstreaming socially connected, affordable multi-unit housing across British Columbia

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2021 . 10 . 122023 . 05 . 08

    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…

    Read More Mainstreaming socially connected, affordable multi-unit housing across British ColumbiaContinue

  • A few article headlines float in the foreground about various issues surrounding social connectedness.
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    What we’re following on social connectedness, trust, housing, and loneliness

    By Michelle Hoar 2021 . 07 . 092023 . 02 . 14

    Here’s a roundup of what we’re reading and listening to. We hope you enjoy it.

    Read More What we’re following on social connectedness, trust, housing, and lonelinessContinue

  • Webinar recording with logos from partners and some people talking on Zoom.
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    Video: Building community into the bottom line

    By Michelle Hoar 2021 . 07 . 082023 . 02 . 08

    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.

    Read More Video: Building community into the bottom lineContinue

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