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S3E6 - Putting People First While Scaling Community Housing
How do you scale community housing without losing sight of the people you serve? In this episode, Andrew McKenzie is joined by Michelle Parisien, Director of Tenant Experience Operations at Ottawa Community Housing (OCH), to explore how the organization redesigned its service delivery model to support massive portfolio growth while keeping tenants at the centre. They discuss bringing maintenance and operations closer to communities, navigating the practical challenges of operational transfor...
7 Jul 2026
S3E5 - Financing the First Step: How pre-development funding can unlock more affordable housing
Building affordable housing starts long before construction begins. In this episode Marlene Coffey sits down with Mwarigha, Vice President of Housing, Asset Sustainability and New Development at WoodGreen Community Services, to explore one of the biggest barriers facing new housing developments: securing the funding needed to get projects off the ground. They discuss a proposal for a Provincial Affordable Housing Revolving Fund and how it could help community housing providers bring more affo...
14 May 2026
S3E4 - Aligning the Housing System
Today, housing providers are being asked to do more with less, while costs continue to rise faster than the municipal tax base can sustain. In this episode of Opening Doors, host Marlene Coffey is joined by Karen Nesbitt (AMO) and Aaron Stauch (OMSSA) for a candid conversation on what it will take to better align housing across all levels of government. Together, they unpack the growing pressures facing community housing, the limits of relying on property taxes alone, and why stronger coordin...
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