The countdown is on! One week until join over 200+ delegates from across BC to discuss today's non-profit housing challenges and solutions, and connect with housing experts and innovators. See you in Courtney BC for 2024’s first BCNPHA RENT event!

Read AHMA’s latest report which examines the accessibility of housing supports and services for Indigenous Peoples with diverse abilities in BC. Findings reveal that Indigenous-led housing is essential to reducing the gaps, barriers, and challenges!

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AHMA CEO Margaret Pfoh welcomed delegates to the CHRA-ACHRU 2024 National Congress on Housing and Homelessness in Fredericton! We are looking forward to spending the week engaging in this important collaborative work happening within the community housing sector!

FN Justice Forum day 2 = Revitalizing Indigenous Law + Child Protection through Family Preservation. Quote of the day: 'Raising strong, healthy, proud and resilient children is not a program, it's a way of life.' - Lawyer, Kirsten Barnes

#keepchildrenathome
#culturesaveslives

What do justice and housing have in common? BOTH are required for positive outcomes in the lives of Indigenous Peoples who are vastly overrepresented in corrections, foster care, experiences of poverty, gender-based violence, complex health issues, & homelessness.

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#FIBI

The Indigenous Innovation Forum at #CHRACongress has begun!
Our CEO Justin Marchand started us off in a good way as CHRA Indigenous Caucus Chair, and we’re looking forward to a day of learning and connecting! Thank you as well to Elder Charlie Nicholas for teaching us his Welcome song!

A packed house at the Indigenous Innovation Forum!
CHRA Indigenous Caucus

“There was a single woman who showed up and was told she wasn’t on the list. She went to live under a bridge. This is what happens when people get turned away. People end up in increasingly precarious positions.”

First Nations Justice Forum day 1 = Indigenous Women's Justice Plan + Indigenous Justice Centres opening across BC. Quote of the day: 'We're coming for everything our ancestors were denied.' - Regional Chief Terry Teggee

Learn more ➡️ bcfnjc.com/reports-public…

AHMA supports collab btw gov & the housing sector to preserve affordability and protect renters. This involves meaningful inclusion of For Indigenous, By Indigenous housing solutions. We are excited to see orgs come together to create an equitable future!

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Join us for the second RENT event of 2024 on May 16 in Burnaby! We look forward to connecting with our colleagues in the non-profit housing sector. #LMRENT BCNPHA

BCNPHA members can register before April 14 and receive a special early bird rate!!

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#NewsRelease : 35 new homes are coming for Indigenous Peoples in Port Alberni! 🏘️

This development will meet the diverse needs of Indigenous families and provide culturally supportive places to live.

Learn more: news.bchousing.org/affordable-hom…

#PortAlberni #Indigenous

Community land trusts are one of the ways we can preserve and expand affordability in our neighbourhoods. Excited to attend this Balanced Supply of Housing event on Monday👏
Join us online: bit.ly/BSHrip

AHMA and our partners, BCNPHA and CHFBC led the way with the support of the BC gov’t to create this model and we are glad to see it expanding nationally to help preserve affordable, non-profit housing for the long term.

Check out the CHRA blog to see key takeaways from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario as represented in our economic study, The Impact of Community Housing on Productivity.
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👋In case you missed it: The recording of our sold-out webinar (we had 530+ RSVPs!) on what a National Encampments Responses Plan should look like is now live!

➡️ Watch the recording here: loom.ly/3gpP-hs

@housinglogement @chriswiebe780 Lorraine Lam Anna Cooper

Did you know M'akola has a Community Events page on our website? makola.bc.ca/applicants/com…
This page is to post events for our tenants to see (and the general public); if you know of an event or you have an event you would like us to post, please email [email protected]

We raise our hands to AHMA CEO Margaret Pfoh as she celebrates 30 years of service in the non–profit and Indigenous housing sector! Margaret is a leader, advocate, and driving force who has dedicated the last 30 years to serving Indigenous communities.

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