Forward Housing Association
1540 Northmount Drive NW t2l 0g6 Calgary, AB, Canada

We published a new blog post on our website today! Click the link in our bio out to learn about all the amazing #YYC businesses who have contributed to our very first Welcome Home Bundles. This initiative is incredibly exciting for us!! We're overwhelmingly grateful that we can help our tenants celebrate their new homes with these gifts while getting the opportunity to build relations some of the local business owners in the Bridgeland-Riverside community. https://forwardhousing.ca/welcome-home-bundles/

The Calgary Herald recently published an article showcasing a few of the companies providing affordable housing and assisted living "gems" in Calgary. We're proud to be featured alongside some of our housing partners and friends, HomeSpace Society, Silvera for Seniors and Horizon Housing Society. Check out the article below! https://epaper.calgaryherald.com/search

Starting a new job is scary. Eman Husain and Sarah Thompson from Prospect are here to help us build skills and break down barriers to entering the workforce.

A warm thank you to Drizzle Honey! We have been using Drizzle's honey in our Welcome Home Bundles and for "Thank-you Gifts" for our tenants in Columbus Place & Columbus Manor who have patiently put up with all our Bishop's Manor construction fun in the previous two years. The honey has been amazingly well received so far and our tenants have been overwhelmed with gratitude. One senior tenant said she loved the honey so much this will be her one "splurge" grocery item she'll continue to buy! Drizzle Honey #YYCLocal #Calgary #AffordableHousing

Everyone loves a jungle gym In addition to many cool indoor amenities, Bishop's Manor also has some amazing outdoor ones including a play area and a community garden. Have you spotted our new building yet just off of Memorial into Bridgeland? https://forwardhousing.ca/properties/bishops-manor/

For your viewing pleasure, we've put together this time-lapse video of Bishop's Manor being built from the ground up! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEE0qirVlMg&t=15s

Our Wellness room is adjacent to the beautiful mural Lance finished for us last week. We're so proud to have Lance decorating this inclusive room which will be used for a variety of wellness purposes, including Smudging! Check out Lance's video to learn more:

Happy New Year from all of us at Forward Housing! We hope 2021 holds health, happiness and warmth for each and every one of you. May 2021 be the year of new beginnings, new opportunities and new relationships. Goodbye 2020, we're finally done with you

#PayitForwardYYC campaign has officially come to an end. We want to send out a massive thank-you to all participants and members of our community. We're so happy to see the growth this campaign has generated on our online platforms, and we are so grateful for all the amazing people we've met along the way! Most importantly, the Calgarians that will benefit from the funds won't have to worry about risking homelessness this holiday season. THANK YOU YYC!

Armando, Elizabeth and their son were the first family we housed in our buildings in 2013. Before they moved in, we only housed low income seniors. This changed when we quickly realized so many Calgarian families were in danger of homelessness each day. Hearing how affordable housing has transformed their lives is touching. See Armando & Elizabeth's full story for yourself on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKl1gbbHbxw&t=16s

As promised- we have more wholesome Christmas tales! This year, our tenants at Columbus Place made Christmas cards and goody bags for each other. Meanwhile, Columbus Manor tenants were busy baking delicious treats for their neighbours (in a safe manner!) Who wishes they had neighbours like these?!

Affordable housing... with a view

There's only four days remaining in our #PayitForwardYYC winter fundraising campaign and our hearts are so full watching all the pledged donations come in. Fun fact- this was our first experience with a campaign driven primarily by social media. Let us know your thoughts!