Multifaith Housing Initiative

We are a Canadian not-for-profit charity focused on providing safe and affordable housing in Ottawa for those in need. Our most recent project is Veterans House: the Andy Carswell Building, a 40-unit facility for veterans who are either homeless or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The mission of Multifaith Housing Initiative is to provide and to promote affordable home space, to encourage harmonious relations amongst tenants of diverse backgrounds, and to mobilize the resources of faith communities and others for these purposes. We are a coalition of faith groups, local businesses, civil society, the City of Ottawa and federal/provincial governments all working together to build and house our communities for the future. This new way of working has created more than 400 new homes, with more on the way. It has opened up new ways to gather the commitment, skills and resources that build homes and strengthen communities. To have a safe, secure, affordable home is life changing. ...