A Place Like Home: student research symposium
Are you a Vancouver-area university student researching housing-related issues? Check out this November event.
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Join our webinar on social sustainability in multi-unit housing
Join us on March 1st at 10 AM PST for a free, CMHC-hosted webinar to learn more about building social sustainability in multi-unit housing. As Canadian cities densify, multi-unit housing…
Mainstreaming ‘sociable design’ for multi-unit housing: mapping the path forward
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.
Day two session videos from the Living Together Symposium
Watch these three symposium sessions from June 8th, the second day of the Living Together Symposium.
Day one session videos from the Living Together Symposium
Watch these three symposium sessions from June 7th, the first day of the Living Together Symposium.
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…
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.
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.
A summary of Being Kind: How much sociability matters
Panelists brought ideas, evidence and stories from their practice and research on what is at stake for the common humanity of our cities as we respond to and recover from the pandemic.
Covid-19 recovery and preparing for future crises
COVID-19 has presented particular challenges to operators of multi-unit rental housing, from mounting financial pressures due to residents’ challenges in paying rent, to managing new health protocols and restricting use of common spaces, to increased concerns around mental well-being, food security and tenant conflicts.