A co-operative approach can ease Canada’s housing crisis nationalobserver.com/2022/06/07/opi… via @NatObserver

"A modern housing mix needs to include more options. The co-op sector is excited to start to build the next generation of co-op housing. We have done it before and we will do it again." ow.ly/7tCL50JsQ71 Tim Ross CHF Canada

Thanks HfxConventionCentre and welcome CHF Canada. I am sorry I won’t be able to join you, thanks for your great work.

In honour of #PrideMonth, we spoke to Linda Wilson, one of the founding members of Ottawa's Abiwin Housing Co-op, which was founded specifically to meet the housing needs of Ottawa’s 2SLGBTQ+ communities: chfcanada.coop/linda-wilson-a…

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Great to see Mayor John Tory highlight the need for more co-op housing. All orders of government have a role to play to get building again. Providing large scale developable land to co-ops & nonprofits is🔑to making significant new development possible. toronto.citynews.ca/2022/08/23/tor…

During Co-op Week, we are sharing stories that show how each of the 7 International Co-op Principles helps guide Canada's housing co-ops. #CoopWeek

Today, CHF Canada launched a new research report comparing housing co-op charges to market rents in City of Toronto 🇨🇦 City of Ottawa City of Edmonton City of Victoria and City of Vancouver between 2006 and 2021. Some highlights: 1/4

We CAN do #housing differently. The long-term payoff of public investment in co-op housing is clear. We have permanently affordable co-ops across the country that are only getting more affordable ... ... in direct contrast to rental trends in market rental housing. #cdnpoli

What happens when we take the profit out of housing? Affordability deepens over time. Read our new report: ow.ly/q66O50Lx4Ro

Many argue that public investment in co-op housing pays off over the long term. A new study lends weight to this claim. nickfalvo.ca/the-co-op-diff… #HousingForAll 🇨🇦

On #NationalHousingDay Canada’s housing co-ops are proud of our sector’s vision of ‘Co-op Housing for All’ [use group photo from that page] #cdnpoli 1/5

Today is National Housing Day. It stresses the urgent need to recognize the importance of safe and affordable #housing for all Canadians. #nationalhousingday #housingforall

33 years ago today, when I was 9 years old, I learned that women could be killed for being women. And I - and the country as a whole - was never the same. #Dec6 #NeverAgain

Great piece by Alex Bozikovic on the largest co-op housing project in over a generation in the heart of Scarborough! Mixed development of 918 units of which 612 are co-op. Hats off to Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto (CHFT) Olivia Chow @CreateTO Civic & Windmill Developments theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-a…

Read CHF Canada’s recommendations for the 2024 Federal Budget in our recent submission: 🏡Build new co-op homes 🏡Protect existing affordable housing 🏡Advance Indigenous housing rights 🏡Make life affordable for low-income households Read more ➡ chfcanada.coop/wp-content/upl…

A new report from the Task Force for Housing & Climate outlines actions to create more homes that are affordable, low-carbon and resilient. Recommendations include scaling up co-op housing and immediately launching the Co-op Housing Development Program. housingandclimate.ca/blueprint/

CHF Canada applauds today’s announcement of a Rental Protection Fund. The community housing sector has long been calling for a federal acquisition fund to help move market rentals into community ownership through co-ops and non-profits - keeping homes permanently affordable.

Renters everywhere are under pressure: renovictions, evictions-for-use, unreasonable rent increases. Moving market rentals into the community housing sector will provide the security that renters (and everyone!) deserves. This Fund will help enable just that. Let's get to work.

Living in community housing made all the difference for me. My housing was secure, rent increases were predictable and reasonable. This Fund is going to help co-ops and non-profits acquire market rentals so more renters have what I did. As everyone should. #cdnpoli #housingpoli