“What if coliving had a toque?” That was the opening line of our Coliving Awards application — and now, a few months later, Toboggan Flats just won Emerging Coliving Concept at the Global Coliving Awards 2025! Robert said it best in his video from the awards: “We’re not just building housing — we’re reimagining how young Canadians can live, work, and […]
Office-to-coliving conversions can lead to affordable housing in months, not years. *Aussi disponible en français Through funding from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Toboggan Flats has initiated its Demonstration Project, Turning Empty Offices into Affordable Coliving, to bring a new affordable housing option to the community housing sector. Coliving is already popular all over
Grâce à la SCHL Les conversions de bureaux en coliving peuvent mener à des logements abordables en quelques mois, et non en plusieurs années. Grâce au financement de la Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement (SCHL), Toboggan Flats a lancé son projet de démonstration Transformer des bureaux vides en coliving abordable, afin d’offrir une nouvelle
Toboggan Flats has been getting noticed by Toronto media recently! After sitting down with the CBC Morning Show last month, we talked to CP24’s Codi Wilson and NewsTalk Radio’s Walter Sendzik about the profound impact of housing challenges on young people in Canada and what Toboggan Flats is doing to help. Take a peek at the excerpts below. CP24
Thanks to CP24’s Codi Wilson for taking the time to talk with our founder, Robert Barnard, about the need for affordable housing for young people in city centres and how Toboggan Flats is working to provide it. Check out an excerpt from the article below: A Canadian think-tank has a plan to keep young people
Toboggan Flats founder Robert Barnard and research and outreach coordinator Theo Heintzman joined Walter Sendzik to discuss how we can create affordable spaces for young people to live and build communities. Listen here on iHeart Radio.
Our founder Robert Barnard sat down with CBC’s Mary Wiens in her last week to discuss the benefits of co-living. The pair discussed how co-living solves some of the challenges of office to housing conversions—namely, the expense of updating plumbing for each unit to have its own kitchen and bathroom. Not a problem with co-living.
