The Sustainable Housing Initiative

07/14/2024

Exciting News! The CMHC's Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) re-opens on Monday, July 15th!🏘️ In the first round, RDN collaborated with three communities and successfully secured over $25 million. 💰✨Now, it's your turn! Come work with our team of experts to secure HAF dollars for your community

07/10/2024

Exciting News! The CMHC's Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) re-opens on Monday, July 15th! 🏘️ In the first round, RDN collaborated with three communities and successfully secured over $25 million. 💰✨ Now, it's your turn! Come work with our team of experts to secure HAF dollars for your community.

03/20/2024

Earlier this week RDN presented their Affordable Housing Course's Impact Investment module at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) National Housing Conference's Expert Committee on Housing salon. Stay tuned for the release of the course this fall!



Thank you to Kabir Shahani (Manager, Capital Funding - RDN) for presenting!

02/07/2024

We are excited to announce that we have completed Placemaking for Inclusion: A Guide to Tenant-Based Initiatives, which has been funded by the Community Housing Transformation Centre’s Community-Based Tenant Initiative.

Read the full report: https://ow.ly/Pjf550QyxBs

Once again, a very special thanks to the Le Centre / The Centre for funding this exciting project.

01/22/2024

We are excited to announce that we have completed Phase 2 of the Enabling Housing Choice Project! Check out the work we’ve done with our six partner municipalities: https://ow.ly/2R3g50QsBj6

As we enter the third phase of our project, we will be working on developing our Enabling Housing Choice Guidebook which will be made available in 2024! Once again, a very special thanks to Alberta Real Estate Foundation for funding this project!

11/30/2023

Yesterday, The Sustainable Housing Initiative was well represented in Ottawa alongside colleagues from the Community Housing Transformation Centre and Innovation Habitation Outaouais at the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association's Housing on the Hill Day.

This day served as an opportunity to speak directly with MPs Karen Vecchio, Elgin-Middlesex-London and Jean-Denis Garon, député de Mirabel about the impact that community, social and affordable housing has on addressing Canada’s housing crisis.

Thank you to the CHRA for organizing this advocacy event!

Le Centre / The Centre
GRT-Innovation Habitation Outaouais
Canadian Housing and Renewal Association

11/27/2023

We are excited to announce that we have completed our report called Attracting Diverse Housing Development for the Town of Pincher Creek as part of the Enabling Housing Choice Project.

Read the full report: https://ow.ly/8kHL50QbxEx

Once again, a very special thanks to Alberta Real Estate Foundation for funding this project!

10/27/2023

We are excited to announce that we have completed our report called Enabling Diverse Housing Development for the Town of Claresholm as part of the Enabling Housing Choice Project.

What We Heard report: https://ow.ly/gNZZ50Q0AFk

Final report: https://ow.ly/y45X50Q0AFl

Once again, a very special thanks to Alberta Real Estate Foundation for funding this project!

10/20/2023

Join us on October 31st to learn how to develop affordable housing from our very own Sustainable Housing Initiative team members!

Kabir Shahani and Linda Bernicki will walk you through how to:
- Understand the development process of affordable housing in Canada.
- Work towards developing financially sustainable affordable housing.
- Understand the benefits of cross-collaboration in the housing sector.
- Educate others on the positive impacts of developing affordable housing.

Register today! ➡ https://bcnpha.ca/events-learning/developing-affordable-housing/

Let’s connect! BCNPHA events and education provide engaging opportunities.

10/19/2023

We are excited to announce that we have completed our report called Attracting Diverse Housing Development for the Town of Mayerthorpe as part of the Enabling Housing Choice Project.

To read the full report:
https://ow.ly/4LSP50PYLbg

Once again, a very special thanks to Alberta Real Estate Foundation for funding this project!

10/17/2023

We are excited to announce that we have completed our report called Diversifying Housing Development for the Town of Trochu as part of the Enabling Housing Choice Project.

What We Heard Report: https://ow.ly/tK5I50PXN5H

Final Report: https://ow.ly/YPy650PXN5G

Once again, a very special thanks to Alberta Real Estate Foundation for funding this project!