Digby & Area Housing Coalition Society
Envisioning an inclusive, healthy, vibrant, economically and environmentally sustainable community.
Our Mission
To raise money for and oversee affordable, energy efficient, sustainable housing projects in collaboration with all stakeholders: the Town of Digby, the Municipality of Digby, community agencies, and the general public.
Housing Project
Siesta Motel
Target affordability
Community engagement
Education
Workshops
Advocacy
Library
Shelter Project
Developing shelters
Transitional housing
Partnerships
Community Housing and Productivity (study carried out by Deloitte in 2023)
The relationship between productivity and community housing is not only
statistically significant, but also substantial in magnitude and robust in
multiple approaches and specifications. Our analysis shows that to increase
the share of community housing units from its current level to the OECD
average of 7% by 2030 will require adding 371,600 community housing units. A larger share of community housing stock will improve our productivity and boost GDP by $110 billion to $179 billion in 2030. Considering the opportunity cost of shifting new housing construction from more expensive private dwelling to community housing units, the additional units of community housing would contribute between $67 to $136 billion to GDP by 2030. If housing construction does not shift to community housing as outlined in this scenario, these gains will not be realized.
In our research, we have established that investments in community housing
are important given that they boost our productivity and that in turn, means
that these investments boost our economy’s potential output growth. The
research, therefore, supports a stable increase in community housing
investment with dedicated funding for Northern, rural and off-reserve
Indigenous communities.
We congratulate the Town of Digby on securing federal funding to increase affordable housing in Digby.
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Neighbourhood Round Table:
Meets on the last Monday of every month at 12 noon at NS Works. Everyone who has a vision for Digby, please come.
Annapolis Valley Homeshare Toolkit
Home Sharing: Housing Outside the Box
Video Series & Resources
In November 2023, Transition Bay hosted our second Housing Outside the Box program. This full-day even was a community exploration of home sharing: the benefits and hurdles, building personal comfort, bringing those with excess housing together with those in need of housing, and determining what ongoing supports are needed.
As part of this program, we conducted a series of interviews with community members. These insightful conversations are available for viewing on our YouTube channel. Please take a look! Additional resources can also be found on our website.
If you have any questions or thoughts, we’d love to hear from you. You can email us at info@transitionbay.ca.
This project was made possible through the support of the Community Housing Growth Fund and other community partners. The Community Housing Growth Fund program is administered on behalf of the province by the Community Housing Transformation Centre.