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
SDGs and Affordable Housing – Webinars
Webinars To raise awareness about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the relevance to affordable housing in Nova Scotia, three webinars are offered below:This is the first in a series of three webinars on the United Nations Sustainable Development...
Affordable Housing and Poverty
The first of five Online People’s Schools on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia. View the recorded webinar and read the thematic brief.
Research and Engagement Coordinator – Community Housing Program
Employment Opportunity Research and Engagement Coordinator – Community Housing Program The Opportunity Coady Institute is looking for a dynamic and innovative Project Staff member to support its Community Housing Program, which includes a focus on the intersection of...
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