Across Canada, more and more Faith-Based Organizations (FBO’s) are revitalizing their lands and properties to include affordable housing alongside renewed worship and community spaces. This opens new opportunities for partnerships with non-profit housing providers, developers, and municipal leaders.
CMHC’s Expert Community on Housing (ECoH) Salon Series presents this session, featuring two projects developed in collaboration with its Faith-Based Housing Development Community of Practice.
Join us to:
- Learn how to use the Pre-feasibility Framework from SFU Renewable Cities to assess readiness, guide early decisions, and support faith-based housing projects.
- Learn about a pioneering initiative by Relèven and Affordable360 in Winnipeg that identified 1,000+ potential units on faith properties and is now scaling nationally convening roundtables in six municipalities, to identify development-ready sites using geospatial mapping and AI-driven tools.
- Learn about resources like the Vancity Community Foundation grants faith-based housing development advisory services, and practical tools to unlock faith lands for affordable housing.
Through these real-world examples, gain insight into successful partnership models, the importance of early-stage pre-feasibility analysis and recognize the untapped potential of faith-based properties as assets for affordable housing development.
Presented By
Irene Gannitsos
Myra Pennington
Leanne Sawatzky
Mike Wood Daly
Sponsored By
