Hear from UK innovators, including the largest non-market housing operator and a London-based design consultant shifting city development policy.

As Canadian cities densify, multi-unit housing is becoming a dominant form for many—if not most—households. These housing types, however, sometimes offer lower levels of connection between neighbours and a reduced feeling of community. This is not a minor issue: our connections with neighbours – and with our immediate neighbourhood – impact our health in significant and measurable ways.

But multi-unit housing is not inherently isolating: thoughtful design and programming can help to build community, neighbourly connections and resilience. Great examples exist but they are too often the exception, not the rule.

In a time of polycrisis (affordability, housing, climate change, growing inequity, loneliness etc) we need to pull together across sectors to mainstream socially connected, resilient, and inclusive multi-unit housing.

Join hosts Michelle Hoar (Project Director, Hey Neighbour Collective, Madeleine Hebert (Senior Housing Specialist, Happy Cities), and the Canadian Housing & Renewal Association as they chat with Natasha Reid (Design Consultant, MATTER . SPACE . SOUL), Paul Quinn (Director of Regeneration, Clarion Housing Group) along with special guests William Azaroff (CEO, Brightside Community Homes and Board Chair, BC Non-Profit Housing Association) and Leigh Bursey (Board member and Chair of Advocacy Committee, Canadian Housing and Renewal Association).