Christine Pacini

Christine Pacini is one of the founding partners of SHS.

Christine has over four decades of professional experience in the housing sector. She has primarily worked as a consultant during this time along with four years at the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing as a policy advisor and program coordinator, and several years as a City of Toronto Councillor’s special advisor on housing. 

Christine works in all three practice areas at SHS. She is an integral contributor to SHS’s policy practice area where she has authored and/or directed more than 300 studies, primarily focused on housing-related topics such as housing demand and supply analysis, strategies and action plans, housing and homelessness plans, policy development, program design and evaluations.

In the development practice area, Christine has been instrumental in leading the development of a wide range of projects including shelters, transitional, supportive, seniors and family housing, as well as administrative and program space. Over the years, Christine has presented on development topics such as preparing feasibility studies, development 101, construction procurement approaches, approaches to site selection, options for seniors housing, and a range of other development related topics. 

Christine has also been involved in SHS’s innovation practice area, along with Adrienne, since its inception. Christine has led SHS’s work on the development of business and service models, housing development plans for community housing providers and participated in a wide range of Solutions Labs involving national or provincial solutions on framing the Canada Housing Benefit, healthy housing, innovative housing solutions for seniors, citizen involvement in development of affordable housing, and the right to adequate housing.