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  • Building Resilient Neighbourhoods connect & prepare workshop.
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    Practice Guide #4: Roles for Local Government in Strengthening Social Connectedness and Resilience Activities in Multi-unit Housing

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 02 . 232025 . 06 . 23

    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.

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  • SHHRC report cover over top of a water colour painting of people in a courtyard by a multi-unit housing complex.
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    How does housing density really affect life in cities?

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 02 . 222025 . 03 . 02

    Canada is simultaneously experiencing a severe housing crisis and – like many other countries – a crisis of increasing loneliness and social isolation. Intervening to tackle loneliness and social isolation…

    Read More How does housing density really affect life in cities?Continue

  • The sun sets in the West and the city of Vancouver sits nestled South of mountains, as seen from the air.
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    Building resilience and emergency preparedness through social connections: video

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 02 . 142025 . 06 . 10

    Workshop leaders and participants discuss how the Connect & Prepare program helps grow social connections between neighbours that support resilience and preparedness.

    Read More Building resilience and emergency preparedness through social connections: videoContinue

  • A group of neighbours meets to workshop some neighbourhood bonding ideas.
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    Practice Guide #3: Developing organizational partnerships to build community in multi-unit housing

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 02 . 142025 . 06 . 23

    Third 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.

    Read More Practice Guide #3: Developing organizational partnerships to build community in multi-unit housingContinue

  • People sit around a table at an event put on by a landlord of a multi-unit building.
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    Benefits of community building for housing providers: video

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 02 . 072025 . 06 . 10

    Landlords and housing operators can help nurture relationships among residents, and the positive returns for everyone involved can be substantial.

    Read More Benefits of community building for housing providers: videoContinue

  • A montage of photos showing neighbours doing interesting events, facilitated by landlords and owners.
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    Practice Guide #2: Landlord- and housing operator-led approaches to growing community in multi-unit housing

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 02 . 062023 . 05 . 08

    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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  • Painters work side-by-side on the outdoor Westridge paint-in.
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    The benefits of neighbourly connections for residents in multi-unit housing: video

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 01 . 312025 . 06 . 10

    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.

    Read More The benefits of neighbourly connections for residents in multi-unit housing: videoContinue

  • Community members stand working on a public mural in an outdoor space - a great example of a building social connections in a multi-unit building.
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    Practice Guide #1: Supporting residents to become community connectors in multi-unit housing

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 01 . 302023 . 05 . 08

    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.

    Read More Practice Guide #1: Supporting residents to become community connectors in multi-unit housingContinue

  • Happy, healthy tenants benefit landlords, too
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    Happy, healthy tenants benefit landlords, too

    By Happy Cities & Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 12 . 062023 . 05 . 08

    Three ways rental housing providers can support social connectedness within their buildings.

    Read More Happy, healthy tenants benefit landlords, tooContinue

  • Day two symposium workshop with facilitators and people working at their tables, and the report cover floating in the foreground.
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    Mainstreaming ‘sociable design’ for multi-unit housing: mapping the path forward

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 08 . 102025 . 03 . 11

    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.

    Read More Mainstreaming ‘sociable design’ for multi-unit housing: mapping the path forwardContinue

  • A montage of videos screenshots over top of the Living Together Symposium wordmark.
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    Day two session videos from the Living Together Symposium

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 06 . 262023 . 05 . 08

    Watch these three symposium sessions from June 8th, the second day of the Living Together Symposium.

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  • A montage of videos screenshots over top of the Living Together Symposium wordmark.
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    Day one session videos from the Living Together Symposium

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 06 . 222023 . 05 . 08

    Watch these three symposium sessions from June 7th, the first day of the Living Together Symposium.

    Read More Day one session videos from the Living Together SymposiumContinue

  • Evidence and research rains down on an illustrated health neighbourhood with people outside playing and interacting, with mountains and a sunset looming in the background.
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    How social connectedness between neighbours supports health and well-being

    By Meridith Sones 2022 . 06 . 032023 . 05 . 08

    It isn’t just our family ties, close friendships, or group membership that make a difference. It’s neighbours.

    Read More How social connectedness between neighbours supports health and well-beingContinue

  • 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

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