It’s conference season!
It’s gearing up to be a busy conference season for the team at Hey Neighbour Collective. We’re presenting at four separate events in Vancouver over the next few months, and…
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Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: The Affordability Puzzle
The third in a three-part webinar series, ‘Housing That Connects Us: The affordability puzzle’ will hear from guest speakers on sociable design for multi-unit housing and how local governments can help support deepened affordability.
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Unlocking social connections in multi-unit housing: Insights from our 2021-2022 resident surveys
Fndings from the recently completed Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) report ‘How sociable is life in multi-unit housing?’. This report provides aggregated and comparative results of two annual resident surveys (2021 & 2022) across the properties of HNC members Brightside Community Homes Foundation and Catalyst Community Developments Society.
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Building social connections: Case studies to inspire socially connected multi-unit housing
Happy Cities, Hey Neighbour Collective, and Simon Fraser University are working with six local governments in Metro Vancouver to co-create policies for social wellbeing in multi-unit housing.
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Webinar recap: Housing That Connects Us
Please enjoy our round-up from the webinar, including a video, slides and other resources, along with a snapshot of a few of the most notable excerpts from our conversation.
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Building social connections: Housing design policies to support wellbeing for all
Happy Cities, Hey Neighbour Collective, and Simon Fraser University are working with six local governments in Metro Vancouver to co-create policies for social wellbeing in multi-unit housing.
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What is the role of planners in fostering pro-social communities?
A critical perspective in housing affordability and choices that are key to quality of life.
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How density can boost wellbeing
People who oppose rezoning single-family neighbourhoods often claim that density is bad for our health and wellbeing. But what does the data really say? With the B.C. government’s recent announcement…
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Happy, healthy tenants benefit landlords, too
Three ways rental housing providers can support social connectedness within their buildings.
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What we’re following: great reads, resources, new tech and more.
A short list of articles and studies on issues like social connectedness, climate change, housing, and aging.
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Developing Truly Complete Communities, Discussion Paper
The Hey Neighbour Collective has prepared this input for the review of Metro 2040’s goal area 4.2: Develop healthy and complete communities with access to a range of services and amenities.
