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CHF BC welcomes commitment to affordable housing in BC Budget Update

The 2017 budget update shows a clear commitment by the provincial government to prioritize affordable housing. With the announcement of 3,700 new affordable units and 6,700 currently in the pipeline, British Columbia will have more than 10,000 new affordable units rolling out over the next several years. Many of those new homes will be in housing co-ops.

CHF BC and the BC Non-Profit Housing Association congratulated Premier John Horgan on his swearing in, and laud the decision to appoint the Honourable Selina Robinson as the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “Minister Robinson already knows and understands the community housing sector and has been a passionate advocate for affordable housing,” said Kishone Roy, CEO … Continued

Last month, Thom Armstrong, Executive Director of the Co-op Housing Federation of BC, joined Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson for a tour of the Fraserview Housing Co-op, where we got an early glimpse…

On Monday, April 10, Housing Central and the BC Rental Housing Coalition released An Affordable Housing Plan for BC, a ten-year plan to improve housing conditions in communities across British…

Yesterday’s federal budget announcement includes the single biggest investment in affordable housing in Canadian history — $11.2 billion over the next 11 years.Coming on the heels of BC…

Housing co-ops will be hard pressed to find any good news in this week’s provincial budget, no matter how closely they look. While it’s true that the province’s pre-budget…

Balanced budget doesn’t address affordable housing deficitBC’s budget may balance on paper, but it doesn’t do enough to address a growing affordable housing deficit, according to the…

CHF BC welcomes today’s announcement of the Province’s plan to invest $355 million over the next five years to create 2,000 new affordable homes.

In June 2015, CHF BC organized a pair of meetings to start conversations with co-ops that have City of Vancouver leases. The first meetings were for co-ops with short-term leases or ground-rent…

For the last week of June, CHF BC arranged a pair of meetings for some of the 50 housing co-ops holding leases with the City of Vancouver. These meetings were focused on the concerns of co-ops with…

Housing co-op members packed another Vancouver Island Council meeting on Thursday night, May 21, and they were treated to a panel discussion on life after the end of co-op operating agreements with…

CHF BC urges members to consider
the need for more co-operative and affordable housing during upcoming municipal elections.