In Feburary 2026 the BC government cancelled promised funding for the Community Housing Fund and slowed funding of the Indigenous Housing Fund.

The Community Housing fund has been the backbone of non-market rental-housing delivery for years. It enabled non-profits and co-ops, municipalities and First Nations to do exactly what governments, and communities, needed them to do: assemble land, secure zoning, and bring forward shovel-ready projects to deliver homes quickly and affordably for those who need it most. As part of the 2026 provincial budget, non-profits, co-ops and municipalities were notified that all projects submitted in the July 2025 intake of the Community Housing Fund would not be proceeding, and that funding would be re-allocated.

Many non-profit housing providers already made made significant investments in early development to make projects shovel-ready, including the Community Land Trust, who has been entrusted to redevelop the Aaron Webster Housing Co-op in East Vancouver.

Now we need your help.

We’ve created this toolkit to help CHF BC members take action to make their voices heard regarding these cuts. Use these resources to contact your representatives, share why this is important on social media, and start engaging conversations.

However you choose to get involved, we want to hear about it! Email us at [email protected] to let us know. Also consider taking photos or video and we can reshare to help inspire others.