Relèven

10/06/2026

Félicitations à M. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, nouveau premier ministre du Québec, ainsi qu'à toutes les personnes élues le 5 octobre.
Le nouveau premier ministre l'a dit dès le soir de l'élection : son gouvernement sera un gouvernement qui tend la main. Chez Relèven, nous saisissons cette main.

Partout au Québec, des églises, presbytères et couvents changent de vocation. Ce sont souvent des terrains bien situés au cœur de nos villages et de nos quartiers, et des bâtiments qui font partie de notre mémoire collective. Bien accompagnés, ils peuvent devenir du logement, des ressources pour les personnes en situation d'itinérance, des lieux communautaires et culturels.

Nous arrivons avec des outils concrets :
→ le Fonds de transition Relèven, qui finance les études de faisabilité, le travail patrimonial et les coûts de portage des projets en amont ;
→ SPREIIT, une proposition pour mobiliser du capital patient à grande échelle vers l'immobilier collectif ;
→ un réseau québécois ancré en économie sociale, en patrimoine et en urbanisme.

Nous serons heureux de contribuer aux priorités du nouveau gouvernement, à commencer par le logement et la lutte contre l'itinérance.

Graham Singh, président-directeur général et fondateur de Relèven, qui accompagne depuis Montréal la transformation de propriétés religieuses en actifs communautaires partout au Canada

Andréanne Jalbert-Laramée, directrice Québec de Relèven, qui fait le pont entre les réseaux québécois de l'économie sociale, du patrimoine et de l'urbanisme et les initiatives nationales de Relèven

Donner élan aux communautés.
https://releven.org/fr/accueil

10/01/2026

Yesterday we announced our partnership with Otipêy — and today, ImpactAlpha is covering what it means.

Otipêy and Relèven are raising an initial $30 million to finance the conversion of underused faith-based properties into housing and community space, with Indigenous leadership guiding from the start.

Read the full story at the link below.

https://impactalpha.com/raven-outcomes-rebrands-to-otipey-with-launch-of-real-estate-finance-fund/

09/30/2026

Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Relèven announces its partnership with Otipêy — Canada's leading Indigenous-owned and operated fund management platform — as manager of the Relèven Transition Fund. Indigenous leadership for the transition of faith-based lane - we are hugely thankful and excited for all that lies ahead!

https://www.otipey.com/releven

09/23/2026

What does it mean to hold land in trust for the next generation? Our CEO, Graham Singh is in Ottawa this Thursday speaking at ATRI — making the case that faith-owned property is one of Canada's greatest untapped community assets. The Association of Treasurers of Religious Institutes (ATRI) is Canada’s annual gathering for Catholic women religious and Graham is honoured to be a speaker this year.

09/20/2026

Our own Dave Harder and Grace Pomroy will be at Stewardship Kaleidoscope in Baltimore on Tuesday September 22nd — presenting Parish Properties: The Art of the Possible to congregational leaders, board chairs, treasurers, and denominational executives from across the PCUSA and ELCA.

It's a practical session grounded in what we've learned walking alongside faith communities across North America. If you'll be there, come find them at Workshop B15.

09/04/2026

Grace Pomroy — Relèven’s Lutheran Lead — has a new article out in Faith & Leadership this week, and it’s a good one.
After studying 100 congregations navigating financial uncertainty, her takeaway is that the money question is rarely just about money. It’s about whether a congregation is still connected to its mission — and to the neighbourhood it’s meant to serve.
Worth a read if that’s a conversation happening in your community.

In her book “Funding Forward,” a financial educator at Luther Seminary argues that the most successful congregations engage spiritual practices like discernment before focusing on money.

08/24/2026

Our CEO Graham Singh is at the Victoria Forum today, sitting on a panel about growing non-market housing in Canada — the kind of housing that serves people who need more than the market offers.

The conversation centres on a real gap: how do we move philanthropic capital and social-purpose lending toward housing for lower-income households, including people navigating mental health, disability, or housing insecurity? And what does that look like in practice?

It's exactly the kind of multi-sector table Relèven believes in — housing, finance, and community at the same conversation. 🏘️

08/13/2026

Something is shifting across Canada's faith communities.

From coast to coast, congregations, denominations, and faith leaders are asking the same question with growing urgency: what is our land for?

Not as an abstract theological question — but as a practical, neighbourly one. The housing need in every city is visible. The land that faith communities hold is real. The moment to connect those two things is now.

The Winnipeg Declaration is a national commitment to do exactly that — a 20-year pledge by faith communities to dedicate their land for affordable housing and community resilience, to be presented to national leaders this November.

If your community is ready to be part of that, we'd love to hear from you.

→ winnipegdeclaration.ca

The Winnipeg Declaration is a national movement mobilizing faith leaders, municipalities, housing partners, and community organizations to deploy church-owned land and buildings toward affordable housing and ending homelessness. Join faith communities, Indigenous partners, planners, and developers a

08/07/2026

If your congregation is sitting with questions about your building and land — and not quite sure where to start — this is for you.

Our free Property Strategy Course walks you through the key questions at your own pace: eight 30-minute sessions, self-guided, start whenever you're ready.

What does your building actually tell you about your future? What does your neighbourhood need? What are your real options?

We designed it for leaders who want clarity before they make any big decisions — not pressure, not a pitch. Just honest, practical grounding for the conversation ahead.

→ learning.releven.org

Is your congregation facing rising maintenance costs, underused space, or an uncertain property future? Enroll free in Relèven's Property Strategy Course — 8 modules designed for church leaders and board members covering property valuation, affordable housing, community hubs, financial sustainabi...

07/31/2026

Denominations hold hundreds — sometimes thousands — of properties. Each one carries history, community relationships, and real potential.

But managing a portfolio of faith properties today is genuinely complex: heritage considerations, changing congregation sizes, municipal planning processes, development economics, and the need to keep mission at the centre.

That's why Relèven works with denominational bodies — not just individual congregations — to build the strategy, tools, and partnerships that make portfolio-wide thinking possible.

If you lead or advise a denominational network navigating these questions, we'd be glad to connect.

→ releven.org/en/denominations