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Building Evidence for Thriving Communities
The Centre for Integrated Housing & Well-Being (CIHW) transforms affordable housing communities into living laboratories where research, housing, health, and human services work together to improve lives and strengthen systems.
About Us
The Centre for Integrated Housing & Well-Being
The Centre for Integrated Housing & Well-Being (CIHW) is a research and learning organization advancing innovative approaches to affordable housing, health, and social well-being.
CIHW was established to address a critical gap in the housing sector: the lack of long-term, real-world evidence examining how integrated housing and support systems affect people, communities, and public systems over time.
By embedding research directly into housing environments, CIHW generates practical, policy-relevant evidence that informs housing design, service integration, aging-in-place strategies, and community well-being.
Our work brings together researchers, housing providers, nonprofit organizations, governments, students, and residents to co-create solutions that are scalable, evidence-informed, and grounded in lived experience.
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Why It Matters
Creating Evidence That Changes Systems
Canada’s housing challenges cannot be solved through housing alone. CIHW studies how coordinated supports, integrated services, and community design influence health, stability, economic mobility, aging in place, and social connection.
Our work helps governments, housing providers, nonprofits, and funders make better evidence-informed decisions that improve outcomes while strengthening public systems.