BRIEF 3 | Housing, Home, and Belonging

Written by  Danya Pastuszek, Jorge Garza, Justin Williams and Orpah Cundangan

Grounded in examples from communities such as Antigonish, Calgary, Hamilton, Winkler, and housing co-operatives across Canada, this brief explores how housing and belonging can be advanced together. It highlights practical opportunities to design belonging into housing, strengthen protections that help people remain rooted in their communities, and invest in the partnerships, governance structures, and leadership needed for lasting change.

Housing and belonging cannot be addressed separately. Communities thrive when people have both a place to live and a place to belong.

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• BRIEF 1 | Belonging as Relational Infrastructure in Public Health

• BRIEF 2 | Working Together for Safer Communities

• BRIEF 4 | Income Security as a Pathway to Belonging
  
  

• BRIEF 5 | Youth Employment and Belonging

• BRIEF 6 | Why Belonging Matters For Community Climate Action

• BRIEF 7 | Cultural Connection and Belonging