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The Gentle Density Leaders Summit is an essential gathering for forward-thinkers dedicated to unlocking the potential of gentle density housing in British Columbia and beyond. Don’t miss your opportunity to engage, connect, and collaborate with fellow visionaries who are reshaping the future of our communities by thinking BIG about building small.

Here’s what’s in store:
  • Dynamic Speakers: Hear from and chat with engaging, forward-thinking change leaders who will share insights and inspire fresh approaches to gentle density housing solutions. Check them all out below!
  • Breaking Down Silos: Connect meaningfully with planners, architects, builders, and key interest holders to foster a dynamic environment where ideas flow across sectors.
  • Actionable Insights & Engagement: Dive into collaborative breakout sessions with thought leaders in new home construction, positioning your organization at the forefront of housing innovation through hands-on problem-solving.
  • Direct Policy Engagement: Engage with policymakers and like-minded professionals to understand and influence the future of gentle density housing.
  • Honouring Champions: We will be presenting a person, team, or organization the Community Catalyst Award. Small Housing’s annual award that celebrates champions of gentle density. Know someone who you think is deserving? Find out more in the Awards tab.
We can’t wait to see you!
Session details, including speakers, topics, and times, are subject to change.
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Innovations from the Housing Accelerator Fund
Tuesday February 25, 2025 10:40am - 11:30am PST
Arras Banquet & Events
In 2023, the Government of Canada launched a $4 billion Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) to incentivize local governments to implement structural and lasting reforms to increase housing supply. As an incentive program for municipalities and Indigenous governments, HAF aims to modernize planning practices, legalize housing, remove barriers, and streamline development approvals. The program not only aims to boost housing supply, but the right kind of housing supply – offering funding top ups for transit-oriented development, missing middle, multi-unit housing and non-market affordable housing. Gentle density is an integral part of the program. This session will explore the rich learnings that have taken place via HAF thus far, specifically on gentle density.  Highlighting the local context, we will have some municipal representatives share their experience with HAF, how they were able to create change, and the resulting outcomes they have seen thus far.  
Speakers
avatar for Cleo Corbett

Cleo Corbett

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Cleo Corbett, MCIP, RPP - Having grown up in Co-op Housing and spent parts of her childhood in different parts of Africa, Cleo has a unique perspective on what 'home' means. Her educational background from Vancouver Island University and Simon Fraser University and her 20 years of... Read More →
Tuesday February 25, 2025 10:40am - 11:30am PST
Arras Banquet & Events
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