Sacred Spaces to Community Places: Unlocking Faith Properties for Housing

Discover how Waterloo Region's faith properties can be transformed into affordable housing and community hubs. Join Relèven and Affordable360 for a Community Roundtable featuring insights from local leaders, funders, planners, and developers. Together, we’ll explore priority sites, share proven strategies, and build partnerships for neighbourhood renewal, October 28th, 1–4 p.m at the St. Matthews Centre, followed by a networking reception from 4–5 p.m.

Info: Community stakeholders, municipal officials and congregational members can expect to walk away with both inspiration and practical tools. Panel 1, Sacred Spaces to Community Places, will highlight successful examples of how faith properties have been reimagined as housing and community hubs, offering models and strategies that others can adapt. Panel 2, Funding the Future, will equip attendees with insights into financing and investment opportunities, from government programs to philanthropic and private partnerships, helping congregations and developers understand how to make projects financially viable. Panel 3, From Steeples to Streetscapes, will surface real-world challenges—zoning, partnerships, heritage issues—and provide concrete solutions and pathways forward. Together, these conversations will give participants a balanced mix of vision, resources, and practical guidance to move faith property redevelopment from idea to action.

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