Partnership Between Toronto Community Housing Corporation, the Johannesburg Housing Company and Rooftops Canada
Day / Time Monday, June 19th / 14:00 - 16:00
Event Description
This session will start by briefly outlining lessons learned from a successful four-year exchange between the Johannesburg Housing and Toronto Community Housing Companies facilitated by Rooftops Canada. Some of the key areas of sharing between the two non-profit social housing companies have included: decentralized social housing management; ideas and practices of community development and tenant engagement; housing development, community revitalization and city building. This will be followed by an interactive exchange among all the session participants using "open space" participatory methods to explore three themes: youth engagement in social housing; social housing management and community development; and learning from international exchanges. These themes and others identified during the open discussion will be the basis for small group discussions. Groups will explore the potential for widespread and local application of the benefits of international exchange.
Session Language
English
French
Speakers
Barry Pinsky, Executive Director Rooftops Canada/Abri International
Taffy Adler, CEO Johannesburg Housing Company, Lindi Malinga, Manager Makhulong a Matala Community
M Mwarigha, Community Housing Unit Manager, Toronto Community Housing
Host Organization
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
Host Organization Description
Toronto Community Housing is the largest social housing provider in Canada and the second largest in North America . It is home to about 164,000 low and moderate-income tenants in 58,000 households, including seniors, families, singles, refugees, recent immigrants to Canada and people with special needs. Our tenants come from diverse backgrounds. This diversity includes characteristics such as age, education, language, sexual orientation, mental and physical disability, religion, ethnicity and race as well as increasing diversity in lifestyles and values. Our portfolio includes more than 360 high-rise and low-rise apartment buildings, as well as about 800 houses and duplexes throughout the city. Toronto Community Housing was formed in January 2002, bringing together the assets of the former Metro Toronto Housing Corporation and the former Toronto Housing Company.
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