Abbey St. Andrew

Our Mission

To foster the development of an integrated community of mixed-income households in Saint John, New Brunswick, including both tenants and residents in the surrounding area. We serve this diverse community by providing a clean, secure, and comfortable environment as a place to live. We want to recognize existing capabilities within this community and encourage the development of new ones. We want to empower people so they will realize they have the capacity to address their own needs.

Our Vision

By 2028, we will have positioned our organization for future growth through employing established policies, procedures, and systems that will ensure sound infrastructure, building integrity, and economic viability.

Our Values

• Communication & Integrity: We believe in open communication and seek to

keep tenants informed of any issue that might affect them. We respond to

tenants’ requests and problems in a timely manner and take their comfort

and security into consideration. We consistently do what we say we will do.

• Responsibility: We take the running of the Abbey as a non-profit enterprise

seriously and see that the building’s sustainability as our priority.

• Social Justice through Fair Housing: We believe in providing safe and

comfortable homes to our tenants at fair pricing.

• Compassion, Diversity, & Respect: We care about our tenants and are

mindful that we are providing them with their home. We value all

differences and respect all races, ethnicities, religion practices, genders,

sexual orientations, political beliefs, social and economic status.

• Community: We believe that the community within our building reflects the

diversity of the broader surrounding community.

• Innovation: We believe that there are many paths to achieve our goals. We are open to exploring new, future opportunities as we face the challenges

that present themselves.