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Residents of Fuller-findlay Housing Co-op can enjoy over 6,800 SF of indoor and outdoor amenity spaces:

Amenity spaces

  • Fitness centre
  • Co-working space
  • Bike storage
  • Indoor party room with kitchen
  • Rooftop patio

Other features include

  • Pet-friendly

Unit features

  • Stainless Steel Appliances
  • Quartz Countertops
  • Vinyl Flooring

Featured Highlights

Co-working Space

Working remotely and need a change of scenery? Skip the commute, bring your laptop to the shared co-working space.

Resident Gym

Stay fit with an on-site resident gym. No more rainy Vancouver days giving you an excuse to miss your next workout!

Secure Bike Storage

Keep your bike safe with secured bike storage for residents, with a separate area for guests.

Building Features

981 Davie was built using sustainable methods, prefabricated mass-timber components assembled off-site with precision manufacturing.

Passive House Certified

Passive House standards result in lower energy consumption, lower carbon footprint, better indoor air quality and noise blocking, and other long-term savings over the life of the building.

Homes are energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and considered Net Zero Ready. Homes are built to reduce heat loss with energy efficient appliances and heat recovery ventilation to help make homes cleaner, healthier and more comfortable.

Three Partners, One Community

981 Davie is operated by three partners.

Community Land Trust

Community Land Trust is a non-profit developer and housing provider. They operate 123 homes as a housing co-op and mixed income community, offering homes at income-based, and low-end-of market rates.

McLaren Housing Society

McLaren Housing Society provides housing and support services for individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS. They will operate 31 homes in support of this community.

Qmunity

Since 1979, QMUNITY has been a resource centre providing essential programs and services to 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and allies. They will operate a 2SLGBTQIA+ in the first two floors of the building.

Who are Fuller and findlay?

Named for Janine Fuller and barbara findlay, we’re proud to associate our new co-operative with two local 2SLGBTQ+ advocates and trailblazers

Looking at Davie Street today, it can be easy to take the vibrant and inclusive space for granted. But this sense of belonging and right to expression did not come without prolonged effort from those like Fuller and findlay.

“Naming this new co-op after Janine Fuller and barbara findlay would root the building in that legacy, ensuring that future generations understand and honour the struggles and victories that made inclusive housing and safer communities possible,” explained David Graham in his name submission. “Together, Janine Fuller and barbara findlay represent complementary pillars of progress: one fighting censorship and defending queer cultural expression; the other advancing legal rights and protections in the courts. Both have made Vancouver not only more inclusive, but more just.”

“When we saw the level of community support for the Fuller-findlay name, we felt the decision was made,” says Thom Armstrong, Community Land Trust CEO. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to recognize two legends who have done so much for their community, and we hope it really sets the stage for the inclusive and welcoming community we want this co-operative to become.

Janine Fuller

Janine Fuller is best known in the context of a landmark Supreme Court case on freedom of expression and equality rights: Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice). Through years of tireless activism challenging discriminatory censorship practices by Canada Customs, Fuller defended not only a bookstore but the fundamental principles of freedom of expression and equal treatment under the law.

Beyond this historic legal battle, Fuller has been a writer, playwright, performance artist, and community organizer. Her advocacy efforts include support for gender equality and freedom of expression. Following her diagnosis with Huntington’s disease she also become a disability advocate. Her contributions have been recognized nationally, including her appointment to the Order of Canada in 2024. She has also been inducted into the Q Hall of Fame Canada and honoured by The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives, reflecting her enduring impact on Canadian cultural and civil rights history.

barbara findlay

barbara findlay is a distinguished lawyer and founding member of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference (SOGIC), a queer lawyer group that is part of the Canadian Bar Association. She has spent decades at the forefront of 2SLGBTQ+ legal advocacy in British Columbia, championing family law rights, child custody protections, and trans rights.

findlay’s life story, documented in the film “In particular, barbara findlay”, reflects resilience and courage, from being involuntarily institutionalized as a young university student for acknowledging her attraction to women, to becoming one of the country’s most respected queer legal advocates. Her career embodies a steadfast commitment to justice, dignity, and the protection of marginalized communities.

Her contributions have been recognized with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Georges A. Goyer QC Memorial Award for Distinguished service, and an appointment to the Queen’s Council, among others.

Curious about the lowercase name choice? barbara explains it herself on her website.

Funding Partners

981 Davie was made possible through support from Federal, Provincial, and Municipal partners.

$15.4 million

National Housing Co-Investment Fund (NHCF)

$27.8 million

from the provincial government, through BC Housing, including approximately $17.33 million through the Building BC: Community Housing Fund and $10.47 million in Cost Pressure Grant funding.

$48.05 million

in land value and in-kind contributions, from the City of Vancouver.

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