As churches look at their aging properties and changing demographics, they are asking tough questions. We have compiled a number of articles to help churches think through these questions. These articles don't have all the answers, and may raise more questions, but they can be helpful for your board, session, or advisory committee, have meaningful discussions about your land, your future, and your legacy.
- What do we mean when we talk about housing?
- How can housing revitalise your connection to your community?
- What are the barriers to building housing and how do we remove them?
- What is EHM doing as housing leader in Toronto?
- What is the Presbyterian Church in Canada doing to support churches to build housing
- How can a merger or amalgamation help us better manage our existing housing?
If you are a Presbyterian church and want to learn more, or receive a presentation from Ainsley Chapman, Executive Director at EHM and Special Advisor to the Presbyterian Church in Canada on Housing, contact ainsley.chapman@evangelhall.ca or 416-504-3563 ext. 217
About Canada's Housing Crisis
Tools For Churches Considering Housing
Understanding the Affordable Housing Crisis
The Presbyterian Church in Canada offers a webinar on the affordable housing crisis and how we can respond to it. Ainsley Chapman (Redevelopment Consultant and Director of Evangel Hall Mission) walks us through critical questions to build up our understanding of the affordable housing crisis and how faith communities can respond.…
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More Than Just Housing, We Need to Build Community
As churches across the country rethink how to use their land, many are exploring ways to turn their properties into affordable housing while still keeping space for the community connections, care, and services that have always been at the heart of their mission.…
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Connecting Faith, Change and Housing: An interview with the Rev. Dr. Patricia Dutcher-Walls — Presbyterian Connection
An interview with the Rev. Dr. Patricia Dutcher-Walls By Ainsley Chapman, Executive Director, Evangel Hall Mission…
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EHM Launches Video Campaign to Support the YIMBY Movement
EHM’s campaign offers a compelling response to NIMBYism: housing belongs here.…
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How the Housing Sector is Rallying to Support Churches — Presbyterian Connection
Churches across Canada aren’t alone in figuring out how to use their land for good—housing experts, city planners, and faith leaders are teaming up to help them turn underused church properties into much-needed affordable homes and community spaces that keep God’s mission at the heart of it all.…
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National Housing Day: A Day to Reflect on Seniors and Aging — Presbyterian Connection
A look at the rise of seniors experiencing homeless and what it means for EHM…
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Tools for Churches that Own Housing
Stronger Together: How Housing Providers are Using Mergers and Amalgamations to Save Money and Improve Quality of Life for Tenants
This year, EHM’s Executive Director, Ainsley Chapman, was a panelist at the Ontario Non-profit Housing Association’s annual provincial conference. In the session titled “Dating, Cohabitating and Marriage: The Three Stages of Amalgamation”, Ainsley Chapman shared learnings from EHM’s amalgamation with Portland Place. Why are amalgamations being discussed so often? During the 1990s, governments were investing heavily in housing – giving grants and mortgages to agencies large and small, and to communities of faith, to build mixed income housing. Government funding was easy to get, land was ample, the cost of labour and materials was cheap, and volunteers had determination and…
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Moving through a Merger Process
EHM’s Senior Director of Programs and Client Care recently won an award for her leadership during a 2021 merger between EHM and Portland Place, a small, 45 unit housing provider. Jennifer was recognized in particular for how she engaged staff and clients throughout the whole process. We sat down with Jennifer to hear more behind her strategy. What motivated EHM and Portland Place to merge? It’s become really hard for small housing providers to succeed in the current climate. It certainly wasn’t easy to build housing like Portland Place in the 1990s, but a lot has changed since then. Portland…
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