Community Engagement
COMMUNITY HOUSING PROGRAM
We support the work of the community-housing sector through projects, partnerships, and professional services.
UN SDGs and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia Map
This map can be used to foster connections between and among organizations endeavouring to create affordable housing solutions in Nova Scotia. Click to view.
Build Together I and II
In partnership with the Community Housing Transformation Centre, we are working to engage with the community housing sector in Nova Scotia for a better connected and more unified community housing sector in Nova Scotia. Read More…
UN SDGs and Affordable Housing
With funding from Employment and Social Development Canada, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia initiative will connect affordable housing organizations through a series of county meetings to learn more about the SDGs that relate to housing.
Supporting Housing Organizations
We support local housing organizations through facilitation, training, guidance and support as well as linking organizations with resources and information.
More coming soon…
News and Events
Planning SDG Communities
Sept 14 | Join us for the second in a series of three webinars on the United Nations Sustainable Goals (SDG) and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia as we discuss the origin of the SDGs, why they are important, what is happening related to the SDGs in Nova Scotia, and how the SDGs intersect with affordable housing.
Save the Date: Founding Meeting Nova Scotia Non-Profit Housing Association
Build Together II: Strengthening the Community Housing Sector in Nova ScotiaSave the Date For a Founding Meeting Nova Scotia Non-Profit Housing Association St. Francis Xavier University Please join us on the campus of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish on...
UN SDGs and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia
Please join us in creating a map of
affordable housing efforts in Nova Scotia that align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In the news...
- Poverty at the heart of housing, healthcare woes, conference hears | Penticton Herald | November 15, 2023
- Nova Scotia Non-Profit Housing Association forms after meetings in Antigonish | Port Hawkesbury Reporter | December 5, 2022
- Nova Scotia’s community housing sector consolidates by forming a non-profit housing association | The Centre | November 21, 2022
- As housing becomes unaffordable, volunteers in places like Antigonish filling the gaps | Saltwire | September 14, 2022
- Have your say: Housing crisis consultations roll out across Guysborough County | Guysborough Journal | May 11, 2022
- Learn how your co-op can build on its strengths | Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada | May 4, 2022
- Housing Co-ops, Maritime Noon with Bob Murphy | CBC | March 15, 2022
- Public consultation on affordable housing coming in St. Mary’s | Guysborough Journal |March 9, 2022
- How 2 students uncovered Antigonish’s long-forgotten Black housing co-operative | CBC | January 5, 2022
- Why millions, land and a desire to build affordable housing may not be enough | CBC News | December 7, 2021