When Nancy McLean saw her neighbours struggling without housing, she did not wait for government programs – she built her own solution. The Creston resident is launching a community-led rental assistance program that pairs people willing to help with those trying to get back on their feet. For McLean, the idea started with a simple question: why couldn’t her community do something similar to sponsorship programs she had seen elsewhere? So I bounced this idea off a few people, and they seemed really interested in the idea,” McLean said. “I know there are so many people in Creston who want to help, they just don’t know what to do.