Collective Housing is an affordable housing model that utilizes existing dwellings, predominantly single-family homes. This movement is on the spectrum of medium to long-term shared living, where its residents – ranging from families with children to single adults – choose to intentionally share personal living space and daily lives. This often includes food and meals, common values, decision-making and household responsibilities. Where shared housing is about sharing a house, Collective Housing focuses on building a home.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Collective Housing Society is a non-profit society
providing education, resources, advocacy and networking
in support of British Columbia's Collective Housing movement.
providing education, resources, advocacy and networking
in support of British Columbia's Collective Housing movement.
CONSTITUTION
- Advocate on behalf of collective housing interests
- Promote collective housing as an affordable housing model
- Provide educational tools and models to help people live collectively
- Educate the public and raise awareness about the collective housing movement
- Facilitate partnerships and collaboration with existing housing-related organizations
- Promote and facilitate a collaborative economy within the collective housing community
- Provide a collective housing social network
- Connect collective housing with people and people with housing
- Ground the society’s activities in research and data collection
- Initiate and further progressive conversations about land, ownership and belonging
- Develop a scalable economic model for collective housing
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
My name is George (he/him), I am a Chinese/European settler and advocate for creating vibrant and inclusive communities. Living collectively for over 5 years has and continues to inspire me to make collective living more inclusive and accessible for all people.
My name is Travis (him, them) I am a queer Indo-Euro human who loves playing with movement, singing, and having conversations that integrate collective lifestyles, knowledge sharing & mindfulness My name is Shayda (she/her, they/them), I am a Persian/Ukranian creative firefly who is passionate about social justice, music, and creative expression. My work within the Society has been to engage in supportive inclusive-based conversations around the interpersonal issues within collective living, the greater social issues that we as a community face, and to provide resources to our community on housing-related issues. My name is Scott (he/him), Scott is a long-time collective liver in Vancouver, BC. He works within the Vancouver School Board and is a strong advocate of the collective housing movement in GVA. |
CHS Directors responsibilities:
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WEEKLY VOLUNTEER WORK PARTIES
The Collective Housing Society has established weekly volunteer work parties to collectively discuss what is important to us, work on ongoing tasks, and to have a space for volunteers and community members to collaborate with and share their interests, projects, & resources on collective living. Our weekly work parties are open to everyone! if you are interested in joining an online weekly work party, please contact us. |
Current tasks/projects: Website Development Educational Toolkit for Collectives Monthly Newsletter Crafting Housing & Community-related research Grant Research Social Media Channels Bookkeeping Event Planning Volunteer Recruitment Fundraising! |