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REMINDER: if you want to appeal, the deadline is January 31 NOTE: AEC Property Tax consultants is offering CHF BC members a break on their normal recovery rate and you still don’t pay for service if an appeal is unsuccessful. (See below for more information about contacting assessment consultants.) Every year we try to get … Continued

Help us keep connected with your co-op to advise you of important federation events for members, co-op-related news and opportunities. Please download our CHF BC member contact information update 2019 and have an authorized member of your co-op complete and return it to us. Our update request also asks you to take a look at … Continued

If you are 16 to 25 years old and live in a CHF BC member co-op we want to hear from you. What kind of opportunities, events and programs would you like to see? How can CHF BC help young people living in housing co-ops? Join us on Friday, January 18 between 5 and 7 … Continued

CHF BC delegates arrived at the Vancouver Sheraton Wall Centre early on Sunday, November 18 to be part of the Housing Central Conference opening and breakfast plenary. Dozens of co-op members helped make this year’s Housing Central Conference the largest affordable housing event in Canada, with more than 1,400 community housing stakeholders from across BC, … Continued

Housing co-ops with federally-administered operating agreements will have received a survey from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). CMHC wants your co-op’s input on the program that will continue subsidies to low-income co-op households from 2020 to 2028. This program is called the Federal Community Housing Initiative, Phase 2 (FCHI-2). Together with CHF Canada, CHF BC … Continued

VANCOUVER (Nov. 13, 2018) – Housing Central partners the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC (CHF BC) and the BC Non-Profit Housing Association (BCNPHA) applauded the announcement on Tuesday, November 13, that more than 4,900 much-needed affordable homes –including new housing co-ops — will be built in 42 communities throughout B.C. These homes will help thousands … Continued

The Fall Education Conference on October 27 stood out not only for the usual lively crowd and workshops that grounded members on co-op essentials. This time members came from further afield than ever with co-op members travelling from Fort St. John, Kamloops, Kelowna, Vernon and Castlegar to attend. The other stand-out of the event was … Continued

The Vancouver Island Council meeting on October 17 held three elections: One for a Vancouver Island director, with the only candidate being Art Farquharson who was acclaimed to another two-year term on the CHF BC board, representing Island members. The other elections were for a Vancouver Island Council chair and Vice-Chair. Shannon Sangster of Tyee … Continued

Community Land Trust and City of Vancouver break ground on 140 new units of affordable co-op housing Combined future developments in Fraser Lands River District will be western Canada’s largest housing co-operative with 418 homes VANCOUVER, BC (Oct. 25) – Today, the Executive Director of Community Land Trust (CLT) Thom Armstrong and Mayor Gregor Robertson … Continued

Good news for co-ops with active, federally-administered operating agreements! Co-ops with a Section 95, ILM or Section 61 agreement are eligible to apply to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) for funding to “help complete activities that will allow them to transition to a more viable and sustainable model.” This means there’s money available to … Continued