Tool Kit Main Page
An Introduction to Our Journey
Our Community Challenge Statement
Housing Definitions and Key Messages
From NIMBYISM to YIMBYISM!
Community Planning: SDGs, Data Capacity, and the Affordability Matrix
Creating a Better Housing Environment: The Role of Philanthropy
Creating a Better Housing Environment: The Role of Municipalities
Social Finance Primer for Communities
Social Finance: Strategies, Financing Models, Canadian Organizations, and Pro-Forma Financial Model
Regional Housing Task Force South Georgian Bay
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Creating a Better Housing Environment: The Role of Municipalities
Municipalities hold two important resources to enable innovative approaches for developing the housing our communities need: data-driven knowledge about the community and the leveraging capacity of public assets. In rural communities, we lack the dense infrastructure of nonprofits and charities found in larger urban areas. This elevates the role of small municipalities, who are usually the largest holders of funds and other assets “in the commons”, held on behalf of the community. When municipalities collaborate and build relationships with nonprofit, business, and philanthropic sectors, new opportunities arise to address this affordable housing crisis.
Role of Municipalities: creating an enabling environment for social finance approaches to housing:
Here are four ways municipalities in Ontario are helping communities to use social finance approaches to increase the supply of affordable housing.