A Podcast about BC's housing affordability crisis and those delivering affordable homes.
Latest Episode
In this episode, host Mita talks with Shaleen Pillay-Naidu and Amber Bell from BC Housing. They explain how support programs and services help make housing feel safe, welcoming, and connected.
They talk about community kitchens, peer-led groups, and the Tenant Activity Grant (TAG). These programs bring people together. They help tenants build skills, meet neighbours, and feel part of a community. They show that housing is not only a home — it can also help people grow and feel supported.
The conversation highlights BC Housing’s goal to support people in a caring, community-focused way. BC Housing wants to help tenants feel healthy, included, and connected in their homes.
Guests:
- Shaleen Pillay-Naidu, Manager, Tenant Engagement, Housing & Health Services
- Amber Bell, Tenant Engagement Worker, Housing & Health Services
Let’s Talk Housing is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and all other major podcast streaming platforms.
About our Podcast series
British Columbia is in the grips of a housing affordability crisis decades in the making. We need to find innovative solutions.
The Province has an ambitious plan to address the crisis through the largest investment in housing affordability in BC’s history.
Tasked with building tens of thousands of homes in hundreds of communities is BC Housing, the province’s agency responsible for developing, managing, and administering a wide range of subsidized housing and homelessness services across the province.
BC Housing doesn’t do this alone. To address the challenge, it’s working with hundreds of partners. In Let’s Talk Housing Season Five, you’ll get to hear from those delivering exciting affordable housing solutions.
Hosted by Mita Naidu, episodes address deep-rooted societal issues:
- the right to affordable, accessible and culturally appropriate housing
- mental health challenges
- homelessness
- meeting the needs of women and children leaving violence
- fostering community acceptance
- role of the private sector
- Impacts of climate change on housing.
