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May 9, 2022
News
In Memory of Wes Hosler
Many of you will remember Wes as a community housing sector stalwart. He served as both treasurer and president of CHF Canada, as well as president of CHF BC. He is also one of CHF Canada’s Honorary Life Associates.
March 3, 2022
News
UPDATE: Rental Assistance Program (FCHI-2) Action Plans
Every co-op in the Rental Assistance Program (FCHI-2) will need to complete an Action Plan covering the next three years. The launch of the Self Assessment and Action Plan will take place in the week of 7 March 2022, with a submission deadline of 1 April 2022 for your plan.
February 25, 2022
News
Building the Next Generation of Co-operative Housing
A return to dedicated federal investment designed to build and acquire co-op housing at scale, in partnership with the co-operative housing sector, will help meaningfully address the housing crisis.
February 24, 2022
News
BC Budget 2022 falls short on urgent need for more funding for affordable housing
The biggest omission in the budget is the lack of any attention to the loss of affordable homes from the existing rental market.
January 27, 2022
News
BC’s first Urban Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy
AHMA's groundbreaking work is an important step part of claiming and protecting the social, economic, and Indigenous housing rights of all urban, rural, and northern Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia.
October 25, 2021
News
Open Letter to the BC Government on the Climate Emergency
We call on the BC government to recognize the urgency and alarm that people all over the province are feeling as the climate crisis directly impacts our communities and our health: deadly heat waves, wildfires, drought, floods, crop failure, fisheries collapse, and costly evacuations and infrastructure damage. These climate-related impacts are unprecedented and intensifying. Indigenous peoples stand to be disproportionately impacted by climate events despite successfully taking care of the land since time immemorial.
September 28, 2021
News
September 30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
This year on September 30 CHF BC and its group of social purpose enterprises will observe, learn, and act.
April 17, 2021
News
How co-ops can tackle climate change – An interview with Kathryn Sheps
In 2020, CHF BC created a Climate Emergency Task Force to address climate concerns among our co-op communities, and share knowledge, resources and strategies that can be implemented in co-ops throughout B.C.
We had a chance to talk to Task Force member Kathryn Sheps about her work in delivering measures to address climate change, how co-ops can do their part – and most importantly, how we can stay enthusiastic about the work during an already challenging tim
August 24, 2020
News
FCHI-2: A New Rental Assistance Program is Launching Soon
September 1, 2020 marks an important date for co-ops that began under federal funding programs. CMHC’s new Rental Assistance Program (RAP, also known as FCHI-2, or the Federal Community Housing Initiative – Phase 2) is about to launch.
The co-op housing sector lobbied hard for the federal government to respond to the challenge of expiring operating agreements and RAP is the successful result of those efforts.
April 30, 2020
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A fond farewell to co-op champion Kerry Smith
For more than 30 years, Kerry Smith has worked tirelessly on behalf of the co-op sector – advocating, advising, and supporting with knowledge and wisdom in a variety of roles – and will be deeply missed as she begins her retirement effective today.
A treasured friend and colleague, Kerry has been looking forward to this next chapter in her life for some time and has decided to move up her retirement date to get a jump on all the adventures she has planned (many involving her trail bike, Mollie!).
