With a background in long-term health care, Tom Hunter was tuned into the well-being of tenants being front and center when he shifted to running CityHousing Hamilton, Ontario's affordable housing program as its chief executive officer. Hunter, who had spent most of his professional career in health care, wanted to find a way at CHH to provide housing that remained affordable for tenants while also enhancing their social, emotional and physical well-being. Hunter mentions a comment he heard focused on the idea of shifting from thinking about public housing as a liability, to being a vibrant and sustainable part of a community. That vision is what guided him as CEO of CHH, and high-performance buildings seemed to be an approach that could make that vision a reality, he says.
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