Find Your People. Find Your Place. Discover the Power of Co-Ownership
Husmate's biennial co-ownership conference is a space to gather, learn, challenge assumptions — and hopefully meet a future co-owner.
Housing prices in Toronto have reached a breaking point. But you don’t have to navigate it alone. Co-ownership is helping people – especially women, single parents, seniors, creatives and queer community-builders – secure stable, beautiful homes through collaboration and shared resources.
This full day event is your chance to explore the idea, meet others who are thinking about it too, and learn what it really takes to make co-ownership work.
Spend the day with experts, realtors, lawyers and lenders. Get real talk, real numbers, and practical strategies you can use right away. You’ll also join a supportive community of people re-imagining new ways to build stability, equity, and a home that fits the life they want.
If you’re dreaming of homeownership but not sure how to get there, come spend the day with us. Leave with clarity, inspiration, and maybe even your future co-owner(s).
AGENDA:
8:30–9:00am — Registration & Refreshments
9:00–9:15am — Welcome & Opening Remarks
Intro by: Jess Janz - With Strangers creator (moderator/facilitator for the day)
9:15–9:40am — Session 1: Buy with a Stranger: How Husmates makes this possible
Speakers: Lesli Gaynor and Parimal Gosai
9:45–10:25am — Session 2: Why Co-Ownership? Why Now?
Speaker: Daniel Foch
10:30–11:00am — Connection Activity #1: Find Your People
11:10am–12:15pm — Session 3: Co-Ownership for Creatives: How co-ownership for creative communities can build better cities
Speakers: Zahra Ebrahim, Rajni Perera and Reza Nik
12:20–1:20pm — Working Lunch + Guided Conversations
Connection Activity #2 - Find Your Place
1:30–1:45pm — Session 4: Mortgage Hot Topics: Rapid-fire overview of the lending landscape
Speakers: Lesli Gaynor & Lesley Tenaglia
1:50–2:40pm — Session 5: Co-Ownership Legals: The fears, the facts and the fixes
Speakers: Nital Gosai & Leslie Robinson
2:45–3:20pm — Connection Activity #3: Trust-building activity
3:30–4:15pm — Session 6: Stories from Co-Owners: Real-life experience of intentional living
Speakers: Craig Ruttan, Mike Carlson, Jackie DaSilva & Celia Chandler
4:15–4:30pm — Closing Remarks
Speakers: Lesli Gaynor and Parimal Gosai
4:30–6:00 PM — Mix & Mingle (One drink ticket will be provided)
Dynamic, facilitated activities throughout the day will help you meet your people, build trust, and explore meaningful connections with potential co-owners.
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER:
MARCH 13 at 12:00pm
Please note: This event is tailored specifically to people interested in learning about co-ownership housing; however, if you are a housing professional, we are going to have a different event in store for you. Please reach out to [email protected] if you are interested to get on the list.
This event will not be live streamed.