Unlocking Canada's hidden housing supply
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What we offer
We help communities respond to immediate housing needs by implementing home sharing programs, advocacy, and education.
Student housing
Provide students with safe and affordable off-campus housing. Help students integrate with their community, build friendships, meet mentors, and find a home away from home.
Workforce housing
Attract workforce to your community with a new supply of affordable, furnished housing with flexible rental terms. Allow workers to plant roots and help your community flourish.
Senior housing
Help seniors to age in place by meeting a housing companion. Whether it’s someone their own age or from a different generation, everyone is able to find their ideal match.
Newcomer housing
Provide newcomers with a warm welcome to your community by connecting them with a local. Homeowners learn about a new culture while newcomers get a little help to start a new chapter of their life.
Persons with developmental disabilities
Support individuals with developmental disabilities find housing options that meet their unique needs and enable them to live independently while receiving the support they require.
Refugee housing
Connect refugees with local hosts who are willing to open their homes and offer temporary accommodation. This not only addresses the immediate housing needs of refugees but also promotes cultural exchange, empathy, and understanding among communities.
Programs for any community.
We provide programs to suit any size of community. Let us know what challenges your community is facing and we will develop a home sharing program to meet your needs.
Explore Our Plans
Basic
Want to bring home sharing to your community? It’s easy to get started with our basic program.
Impact
What’s included:
- Community assessment
- Community access to Happipad Platform
- Virtual community support
- Marketing toolkit
Complete
Make an impact in your community with a complete program to make a measureable difference.
Impact
What’s included:
- Community assessment
- Custom webpage
- Community access to Happipad Platform
- Full data reporting
- Community marketing and outreach assistance
- Custom marketing toolkit
Custom
Do you have unique needs or want to make the most impact? Custom programs built for your community.
Impact
What’s included:
- Program customization
- Custom webpage and portal access
- Advanced program marketing support
- Advanced community support
- Custom data reporting
- Co-branded or custom branded programs
- Priority support
Are you a small community?
At Happipad we believe in reducing barriers for affordable and inclusive housing. Ask about our community bursary program where your community can get free home sharing support.
Trusted Among Community Leaders
We help communities respond to immediate housing needs by implementing home sharing programs, advocacy, and education.
Want to learn more?
Schedule a meeting to learn more about how we can help in your community .
Our Partners
Canada HomeShare
Canada HomeShare™ is an innovative intergenerational housing solution that supports aging in place while providing safe and affordable housing solutions. Through a comprehensive online platform powered by Happipad, we help older home providers match with a post-secondary student or other senior looking to rent a spare room.
Other Partners
SOS
Nova Scotia
Okotoks
Futures Community
Lambton College
What Our Partners Say
“The shared-accommodation space is a promising place to look for increasing housing supply. The concept theoretically can help directly solve housing shortages. This looks like the team to do it.”
Canada Mortgage and Housing
“We are very excited to bring the Happipad home share program to our province. We feel it’s so important to be supporting our older residents while helping newcomers find housing and integrate into our communities.”
“Affordable housing is one of our biggest challenges to overcome. We welcome Happipad to help address our housing challenges by making spare bedrooms available to those who need an affordable place to live.”
Mayor Lisa Helps, Victoria
Helping Refugees
The Refugee Housing program is about matching two compatible people – a host with a spare bedroom and a refugee renter seeking a new life in Canada.
The host contributes to building a stronger community and earns additional income while the refugee renter finds affordable and safe housing.