Built from the Ground Up
Threshold Housing Society was incorporated in 2008 after three Halifax social workers — frustrated by a growing gap between need and service — raised seed funding from local faith communities and the United Way. In our first year, operating out of a borrowed office on Agricola Street, we helped 42 households.
By 2012, we had secured our first provincial housing contract, hired our first full-time staff, and opened the Gottingen Street transitional housing property with eight units. The rent bank program launched in 2014 with a $175,000 provincial commitment.
Today we have a staff of 18, a budget of $2.3 million, and four transitional housing properties. We served 340 households in 2024 — and we continue to expand our reach into Dartmouth and the communities of HRM that are too often overlooked.
- 2008: Incorporated in Halifax. First 42 households served.
- 2012: First provincial contract. Gottingen Street property opens.
- 2014: Rent Bank program launches.
- 2019: Three additional transitional housing properties added.
- 2024: 340 households served. 89% housing stability rate.
