Building Housing That Strengthens Community

Housing is more than shelter, it is the foundation for stability, safety, and opportunity.

For individuals and families facing housing insecurity, access to safe, dignified, and affordable housing can be life changing. Non-market housing plays a critical role in strengthening communities by ensuring people have a place to belong, recover, and rebuild.

At Larkspur Projects, we partner with governments, nonprofits, and Indigenous communities to deliver housing projects that strengthen social infrastructure — supporting spaces that respond to real needs with compassion, accountability, and long-term sustainability.

Housing as Social Infrastructure

Non-market housing is essential community infrastructure. It supports health systems, reduces pressure on emergency services, and helps people move toward stability.

Our work spans a range of housing models, including:

• Emergency and transitional housing

• Supportive housing with integrated services

• Affordable and below-market rental housing

• Renovation and modernization of existing facilities

Each project is grounded in the belief that everyone deserves safe, inclusive spaces that uphold dignity and support wellbeing.

Designing for Dignity and Belonging

The design and planning of housing environments matter deeply — particularly for people who have experienced trauma, displacement, or long-term instability.

Larkspur’s approach prioritizes:

• Trauma-informed and people-centred design

• Safety, privacy, and accessibility

• Integration of onsite supports and community services

• Long-term operational and financial sustainability

By aligning physical spaces with service delivery models, we help housing providers create environments that truly support people — not just programs.

Featured Non-Market Housing Projects

YW Calgary — Taylor Family Home

The Taylor Family Home provides 21 women-led families in Inglewood with safe, stable, and affordable housing during a critical transition. By providing a secure place to live, the project supports healing, family well-being, and women and children's ability to rebuild their lives with dignity and stability.

Delivered under budget, the Taylor Family Home demonstrates how intentional, community-centred housing can create lasting impact, strengthening families, reducing housing insecurity, and helping children thrive in a stable home environment.

Trellis Bowness Affordable Housing

The Trellis Bowness Affordable Housing Project will create 50 new affordable homes for families, expanding access to safe, stable housing in one of Calgary’s most connected and vibrant neighbourhoods. By improving long-term affordability, the project supports family stability, reduces housing insecurity, and helps ensure families can remain rooted in their communities—close to schools, services, and local supports.

Through thoughtful planning, strong partnerships, and coordinated delivery, the project is designed to strengthen community wellbeing and opportunity for years to come. Once complete, the development will contribute to a more inclusive housing system in Calgary, demonstrating how intentional investment in affordable housing can foster belonging, resilience, and long-term community stability.

Calgary Drop-In Centre — Modernization Portfolio

Large-scale shelter systems require ongoing reinvestment to remain safe, dignified, and responsive to changing needs.

Larkspur supported the Calgary Drop-In Centre through a modernization portfolio focused on improving infrastructure, functionality, and service environments. This work helps ensure one of Calgary’s most essential social service facilities can continue to meet community needs with safety, efficiency, and care.

YWCA Banff — Higher Ground, Canmore

Higher Ground is a transformational non-market housing and community services project in Canmore, responding to acute housing pressures in mountain communities. The project delivers affordable housing alongside integrated supports, childcare, and community space, helping women and families remain safely housed and connected to essential services.

Larkspur supports early feasibility, planning, and delivery strategy, aligning capital investment with long-term operational sustainability in a highly constrained development context. Higher Ground demonstrates how place-based, non-market housing can strengthen social infrastructure and foster resilient, inclusive communities.

Planning for Long-Term Impact

Non-market housing projects are complex. They require alignment between capital funding, operating sustainability, service delivery, and regulatory requirements.

Larkspur supports housing partners by providing:

• Business case and feasibility support

• Capital planning and delivery strategy

• Funding alignment and stakeholder coordination

• Clear pathways from vision to implementation

Our role is to help organizations move forward with confidence, balancing urgency with thoughtful, long-term planning.

Together, We Build Community

When people have stable housing, everything changes, health improves, families stay together, and communities become stronger.

At Larkspur Projects, we are proud to support non-market housing initiatives that prioritize dignity, inclusion, and opportunity. By working alongside nonprofit providers, Indigenous communities, and government partners, we help create housing solutions that do more than meet immediate need, they help build lasting stability.

Because housing is not just about having a place to live. It’s about having a place to belong.