Our Journey


From idea to occupancy

How is the crisis of lack of affordable and accessible housing connected to the climate crisis? How can we provide affordable housing that stays affordable over time? How can the housing we create be climate resilient, and healthy for people and the planet? These are the questions and issues that a group of organizations began to take on that has lead to and through the GREAT Housing project.

There are many paths to creating affordable housing and we are sharing what we are trying to do in order to provide another resource to communities and organizations considering how they will build housing. Our journey isn’t complete but we are documenting the work in two ways:

  • An evolving storymap that combines text, video, audio and images to help tell a story. We update this with key news and events.

  • A history/”how to guide” for any organization interested in using or adapting our approach.