The Affordable Housing Renovation Partnership, based at Cape Breton University and including representatives of multiple organizations, is a collaborative effort to undertake applied learning and modest but impactful demonstration projects. Through focused, practical interventions, we identify or experiment with options and opportunities for improving quality of life and access to housing by repairing aging buildings or vacant housing stock in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
For past projects please visit our archive page.
Objectives: To help people with modest incomes to stay in their homes by developing volunteer capacity and social-enterprise support for modest repairs (two pilot projects in 2019). To create a network of volunteers to assist with minor repairs and accessibility. TOMPKINS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ENDOWMENT Through a contribution of the Cape…