June 18, 2020 Land For Community Benefit Final Report.
With the arrival of the Covid19 Pandemic, many not-for-profits and social enterprises were called to the fore—supporting society and vulnerable populations to safely move through the crisis, all the while seeing their operating contexts and financial sustainability massively altered. The crisis has daylighted risks and vulnerabilities in our current system, with a real estate market that has for decades severely challenged space for affordable housing, social and community services, childcare, arts and culture, small business, etc.
On June 18th, the Housing Research Collaborative and the Social Purpose Real Estate Collaborative, with the support of Vancity Community Foundation, hosted an online dialogue focused on the need to secure land for community benefit at a time when our society is dealing with unprecedented threats to its economic and social sustainability.
