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Enhancing women’s leadership in the South African social housing sector
By Jo Ferris-Davies, Rooftops Canada After an intensive consultation process, the Rooftops Canada Equal Spaces Project finalized the Gender Equality Strategy for Social Housing in South Africa in February. All the main local stakeholders are on board, and we are … Continue reading
Training Event in Cape Town for New Social Housing Institutions – First Step to Acquiring a Housing Site from the City
By Jo Ferris-Davies, Rooftops Canada Towards the end of March, the Equal Spaces Project and National Association of Social Housing Organizations (NASHO) teams met with the City of Cape Town Social Housing staff and new Social Housing Institutions SHIs for … Continue reading
Vancouver Study Visit: South Africans and Canadians sharing ideas about strengthening the social and co-op housing sectors
By Brad Lester, Rooftops Canada It was my pleasure to support the recent study visit of four South Africa representatives of the Rooftops Canada – Equal Spaces Project partners to Vancouver in November. De Walt Koekemoer and Alice Puoane of … Continue reading
Great progress for Metro-driven urban intensification and social housing in Cape Town and a Strategic Partner Certificate for Rooftops Canada
By Lizette Zuniga, Technical Advisor A little more than one year ago, I started working in South Africa with the Rooftops Canada and Equal Spaces Project. It is helping several South African Metros to reverse the legacy of apartheid spatial … Continue reading
A Gender Equality Strategy for Social Housing in South Africa
By Jo Ferris-Davies The Equal Spaces Project is committed to helping develop a gender equality strategy for the social housing sector in South Africa. Based on this the project will support some initial interventions. There is very little information available … Continue reading
Housing Supervisors: A programmatic response to capacity development
By Jo Ferris-Davies Last week, I was involved with NASHO’s Housing Supervisor’s course. This highly interactive 11 day course is broken down into one, two, and three day modules. It covers the background to social housing, understanding how a social … Continue reading
Barry Pinsky Receives Award from Governor General By Scott Jackson, President, Rooftops Canada
The Board of Rooftops Canada is very proud to announce that our Executive Director, Barry Pinsky, has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. The Meritorious Service Awards “recognize outstanding … Continue reading