Community Engagement
COMMUNITY HOUSING PROGRAM
We support the work of the community-housing sector through projects, partnerships, and professional services.
News and Events
Listen, Discuss, Learn, Act: What we heard from Nova Scotia’s community housing sector
If you work or volunteer with a non-profit or cooperative housing group in Nova Scotia, we need your input! Please join us in discovering new ways of working together for greater collective impact.
New Project Aims to Strengthen the Community Housing Sector in Nova Scotia
If 2020 taught us anything, it is the importance of having a safe home. We at StFX Extension, in partnership with the Community Housing Transformation Centre (the Centre), are pleased to announce the launch of “Build Together: Strengthening the Community Housing Sector in Nova Scotia”.
People’s School on Housing Needs: From Research to Action
Building on the work started last year with a people’s school on affordable housing focused on building awareness and inspiring action and a community think tank about housing needs, a recent people’s school explored ways to build the research capacity of community groups to provide evidence about local needs and support their housing goals.
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