Register for the Affordable Housing Development Workshops

Hosted by the County of Wellington Housing Services Department

The Affordable Housing Development Workshops are designed for local municipalities, elected officials, housing providers and community agencies working in housing and homelessness, the workshops will be facilitated by Tim Welch Consulting Inc. and will provide practical guidance on developing new affordable housing.

Select the workshop(s) you would like to attend
Understanding and defining the proponent’s goals (including refining goals in context of potential sources of government funding), considering who you want to house, what do we mean by affordable, searching for land, pros, and cons of partnerships, assembling a development team, implications for existing social housing providers.
[71 spots remaining]
Funding and financing for costs of building (hard and soft costs), sources of capital funding, various government programs, sources of operating funding, importance of budgets and cash flow, construction financing, mortgage financing, importance of quantity surveyors, impact of rising interest rates, alternative sources of financing.
[68 spots remaining]
Design and construction approaches, including selecting an architect and their role, engineering sub-consultants, design-build, construction management or full tendering, relationship with contractor, thinking about size and types of units, community and common space, accessibility issues including CMHC requirements, cash flow during construction.
[73 spots remaining]
Planning approvals including environmental issues, municipal approval process (with the need for many studies and reports), who moves the project through the municipal approvals process, good relationship with municipal Councillors, dealing with NIMBYism, various environmental approvals processes.
[72 spots remaining]
Rent up, approaches to property management, and long-term operations including understanding multi-residential operating budgets, coordinating with support service funding and levels/types of supports, accessing rent supplements or housing allowances, direct staff vs hiring a property management firm, lining up tenants during construction, capital reserves and planning for long term maintenance and operations, dealing with last minute building preparations before move-ins.
[71 spots remaining]