Housing
Our Sustainable Housing Initiative (SHI) is made up of industry experts who support in the development of cost-effective, innovative, and sustainable housing in rural communities across Canada.
Our Sustainable Housing Initiative (SHI) is made up of industry experts who support in the development of cost-effective, innovative, and sustainable housing in rural communities across Canada.
Rural Canada has a critical shortage of affordable housing options, yet these regions have not received the same attention as urban centers across the country. Housing not only provides community members with a safe place to live, but strengthens social inclusion, promotes a sense of community, and is critical to economic development.
A core part of our work is to help rural communities access projects and capital funding to develop cost-effective, innovative, and sustainable housing through a proven and streamlined process.
We have published an award-winning Step-by-Step Guide to Developing Affordable Housing in collaboration with housing professionals across Canada. We continue to create resources and provide services to help rural, remote, and Indigenous communities kick-start their affordable housing development projects and remove barriers to development.
Housing
The Enabling Housing Choice (EHC) project is part of RDN’s Sustainable Housing Initiative. EHC provides guidance to rural municipalities to initiate the development of diverse, sustainable, and affordable housing in their communities.
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Placemaking for Inclusion: A Guide to Tenant-Based Initiatives is a resource for affordable housing providers and tenants who are seeking to undertake their own tenant-based initiatives while fostering greater social inclusion in their community.
ViewHousing, Housing Education to Support Ukrainian Evacuees in Alberta
This project supports displaced Ukrainian evacuees and Alberta landlords in gaining access to information on appropriate, safe, and culturally-relevant housing in both rural and urban communities.
ViewOur team of housing experts are here to boost your capacity and make housing projects a reality.
This Affordable Housing Course brings together tools and resources from across Canada that apply to anyone interested in the affordable housing development process. Each module is filled with interactive learning tools and can be completed at your own pace. The affordable housing course will guide you through the following development phases: Length: Asynchronous and Self-Paced. […]
Learn MoreWe help communities, municipalities and organizations overcome barriers to make affordable housing a reality.
Learn MoreApril 1, 2024
Affordable Housing, Housing, Housing Education to Support Ukrainian Evacuees in Alberta, Rural Immigration
Click the buttons below to download/view the following resources in PDF format.
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Affordable Housing, Inclusive Communities
A resource for affordable housing providers and tenants seeking to foster greater social inclusion in their community. Click the button to view the resource as a PDF file.
ViewNovember 1, 2022
Affordable Housing, Enabling Housing Choice
The second edition of our award-winning guide for those looking to develop, build, and operate affordable rental housing. Click the button below to learn more.
ViewApril 1, 2022
Affordable Housing, Enabling Housing Choice, Housing
Research for driving transformational, long-term policy change that encourages housing choice and diversity in communities. Click the buttons below to view more.
ViewJanuary 1, 2021
Affordable Housing
A guide to the development and operation of sustainable, efficient, and resilient housing co-ops in Alberta. Click below to view each resource.
ViewMarch 1, 2020
Affordable Housing
Evidence-based building design recommendations to improve your tenants’ quality of life. Click below to view/download the resource in PDF format.
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As a previous participant in the Enabling Housing Choice project with RDN, we are excited to be making progress on key recommendations outlined in RDN’s report – Attracting Diverse Housing Development in Mayerthorpe. This report has been critical to understanding our community’s diverse housing needs, and has equipped us with community-informed insights on how to address these needs.
Karen St. Martin – Town of Mayerthorpe
Enabling Housing Choice, Housing
Creating a sense of home is so much more than just a building and the Innovation Fund gave SHI and the YWCA creative space to think differently about our approach to design. Living in Banff National Park also strongly influenced our commitment to net zero targets. Belonging, security, connection, affordability, community pride-these are all factors that have influenced how we developed the Courtyard project.
Connie MacDonald- Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Banff
Housing
We are forever grateful to work together on this insight for our project. If not for the support from RDN on this we would not be where we are today! Our dream was to attain transitional, affordable and market housing in our community. This turned into a goal and now a reality. This housing continuum of care will be able to meet people’s needs while recognizing what their housing realities mean in a rural perspective. RDN has walked along with us and been able to connect and answer many questions, concerns and thoughts during this time.
Rebecca Wells – Executive Director, Wellspring Family Resource Center
Housing
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