Christine Pacini
Partner
Christine Pacini is one of the founding partners of SHS.
Christine has worked as a consultant for most of her 35 year career. She has also worked for the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing as a Policy Advisor and a Program Coordinator, and for the City of Toronto as a Councillor’s Special Advisor on Housing.
Christine is involved in every aspect of SHS’s work. She is the partner in charge of SHS’s business innovation practice area. Christine has authored and/or directed more than 200 studies, primarily focused on housing-related topics including housing needs assessments and strategies, policy development, program design and evaluations, feasibility and business plans, and business and service models. She has led the development of a range of projects including shelters, transitional, supportive, seniors and family housing, as well as administrative and program space.
Current Work
Christine is working on CMHC Solution Labs to design new housing solutions and a range housing research and development projects, including a women’s shelter, transitional housing, and affordable housing developments for seniors, youth and families.
Education
Graduate courses in public administration (Carleton University)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Public Policy and Administration (York University)
Read about the impact Christine has had in these case studies:

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Systemic Barriers to the Creation of Affordable Housing
2022

Upper Hammonds Plains CLT
Driving Transformation: The Power of Land Trusts in African Nova Scotian Communities Solutions Lab
2024