Our Work

Our work is collaborative, strategic and solution focused. We aim to create change that will benefit those who are homeless or living in housing poverty.

Affordable Housing Working Group – 5-Year Targets

Affordable Housing Strategic Plan

The result of more than a year of community engagement and consultation, the Strategic Plan is intended to guide the work of the Affordable Housing Working Group over the next five years.

The three goals of the Strategic Plan are to 1) increase the supply of affordable housing; 2) reduce the number of residents living in core housing need; and 3) strengthen and build capacity for increased effectiveness.

The focus of the plan is on building new and preserving existing, housing stock. By collaborating with the housing community, including service providers, government, non-profits, and the private sector, the goals can be achieved.

Housing Poverty Community Consultation:

One of the goals of the Housing and Homelessness Partnership is to end housing poverty in the region.

Between June and December of 2014, members of the Affordable Housing Working Group sampled a diversity of insider experiences of Halifax’s affordable housing sector. Thirteen groups were interviewed.

19,565 households in the Halifax region are considered to be living in deep housing poverty (more than 50% of gross income going to housing costs).

The numbers are alarming and raise legitimate questions about the effectiveness of our systems of housing provision, social assistance and physical and mental health.

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