Husmates

What responsibility does a city have to make space for creatives to live and work? As Rajni Perera, artist and founder of CAPSULES ARTIST RESOURCES, puts it: If a city wants to present itself as a hub of art, design, and innovation they must also walk the walk of ensuring those creating are taken care of.

Full time creatives are often priced out of cities like Toronto yet they contribute important narratives to its visual fabric. Until cities can catch up to this reality, methods such as co-ownership are alternative ways to ensure creatives can remain in the city they helped create.

Husmates is digital platform for like minded individuals to connect, coordinate, and act collectively to purchase property together. We have a free beta running in Toronto and surrounding cities — head to the link in our bio to get started today.

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We’re doing a *little* postering this weekend to ask WHY our housing aspirations are so small in Toronto.

Catch the real size ones around Yorkville and The Village 👀