Affordable Housing

We are thrilled to announce that Co:Here Foundation is one of 14 organizations from across Canada selected to receive final funding from CMHC’s Housing Supply Challenge: Getting Started Round.  This funding is catalytic for Co:Here as we grow our capacity to launch our not-for-profit development consulting services for Faith-Based Organizations. Faith groups across the country are seeking to respond to the housing crisis, yet they often struggle in the early stages. Developing a feasible and mission-centred vision, funding early project costs, and establishing internal…

In 2020, Co:Here Foundation began asking faith communities what support they needed as they considered affordable housing development projects on their land. We then began building a business case, and preparing to scale the organization to offer services to meet the needs that we heard. In January 2021, the Community Housing and Transformation Centre helped us launch our efforts to become a not-for-profit, early stage development consultant specifically for faith-based orgs. In June, Vancity provided additional start-up financial…

Saturday Nov 28, 2020 from 10:00 am to 12:45 pm CoHere Foundation is partnering with CityGate Leadership to host a virtual event designed to prompt imagination for how church communities can respond to the housing crisis. More Information Here. Over the past 7 years, Co:Here has often been asked how such a small faith community carried such a big project. There are many answers but the most notable is that the whole church carried the vision. Grandview Church’s…