Multi-unit housing can be designed to meet residents’ needs at all stages of life. (Happy Cities)

Aging in the right place: Designing housing for wellbeing and older adults

Design strategies and research to support aging in the right place, from a collaborative multi-unit rental building project between Happy Cities, Hey Neighbour Collective, SFU’s Department of Gerontology, Concert Properties and Brightside Community Homes.

Building Resilient Neighbourhoods connect & prepare workshop.

Practice Guide #4: Roles for Local Government in Strengthening Social Connectedness and Resilience Activities in Multi-unit Housing

Fourth in a series of four guides from Hey Neighbour Collective about strategies and practices to increase neighbour-to-neighbour connections and social resilience among residents living in multi-unit housing.

A montage of photos showing neighbours doing interesting events, facilitated by landlords and owners.

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.

A report cover hovers in the air above a multi-unit housing buidling in Vancouver Bc.

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.