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Our team is incredibly passionate about what we do. This blog is our opportunity to share news, updates and success stories involving the projects close to our hearts. Sometimes it’s a chance to comment on other related issues that affect us and our tenants. We hope to remain engaged with our supporters and substantiate our commitment to bringing initiatives and opinions that align with your values that support affordable housing.

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Winter Newsletter 2023

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St. Paul's Legacy Project: A Grand Opening Ceremony
On April 10, 2025, we celebrated a new beginning with old friends in the King Edward Park Community as we hosted our grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for our St. Paul’s Legacy Project. Former church members, neighbours, and new residents …
Tenant Feature: It’s In My Back Yard
Beth moved into Homebase in June 2023. “It has truly transformed my life.” Beth says. “It gave me an affordable and safe place to work on myself while taking the time I needed to heal, which I am eternally grateful for.” She feels Right at Home has …
Tenant Feature: Partners at Servus Credit Union Benefit A Single Mother and Many Others
Servus Credit Union demonstrates its steadfast commitment to RAHHS by generously contributing to our cause for providing affordable housing. Beyond its financial support, Servus is also poised to offer invaluable financial literacy workshops. In …
Tenant Feature: A Grandmother’s Sanctuary
In our 2023 winter newsletter, we asked donors to support our latest housing project in the neighbourhood of Montrose. One of the tenants these donations supported, Jennifer, moved in with her daughter and five grandchildren in August 2024. …
St. Paul’s Legacy Project: Community Space with a Touch of Affordability
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church traces its roots back to 1951, when German immigrants, gathering to hold church services, came together and pooled their talent and labor to construct the Church, which was completed in 1955. Over the years, the membership …
YEGHousingMonth: St. Paul's Legacy Project Receives Funding from Municipal and Federal Governments
The Edmonton Journal highlights our St. Paul’s Legacy Project as a multi-jurisdiction partnership success story. Read the article to see the importance of this project.
TENANTS HELPING TENANTS THROUGH PEER-SUPPORT LED INITIATIVE
Montrose Townhomes for Multi-Generational Families
Our Montrose Townhomes will serve large, multigenerational families experiencing poverty and replace two derelict houses on the land that was purchased.
Extending the Life Cycle of 30+ Year Affordable Housing 
Financial Literacy Program for Tenants
Servus Credit Union provides a financial literacy program for tenants of Right at Home Housing Society to overcome poverty
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Adds Affordable Housing to its Community
The St. Paul's Legacy Project will add 11 affordable homes to un-used land space
Tenant Feature: Omamoo-Wango-Gamik Resident Finds Tenancy Brings a New Lease on Life
Omamoo-Wango-Gamik (Belvedere) is an Indigenous-led housing initiative that provides homes to people who are unable to find adequate housing. Avienda has found herself as part of the community that is built within this housing complex.
Collaborating with Partners in the Provision of Transitional Housing
Right at Home Housing Society launched its Supportive Tenant Employment Program and Services (STEPS) social enterprise in 2019, in hopes to expand our current casual labour program in which tenants learn skills and earn extra income.
A Natural Leader: Anne Stevenson
We congratulate our colleague Anne Stevenson on a successful political campaign and induction into Edmonton’s City Council as the officially elected Councilor for Ward O’Day’Min.
Tenant Feature: Right at Home's Supportive Environment
Robert (Bob) Gayford has been a tenant with Right at Home for almost 10 years. He is a former Special Olympics competitor in swimming, track, and floor hockey, with humble beginnings growing up in Saskatchewan and later finding a home in …