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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

October 14 to 20 is Co-op Week. We challenge all co-op members to celebrate Co-op Week by writing a haiku. The traditional Japanese form of poetry consists of 17 syllables in three lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables. What do you love about your co-op and co-op living? Need inspiration? Take a look at the … Continued

Housing Central applauds city council’s September 18th decision to create the new Vancouver Affordable Housing Endowment Fund. The Fund will consolidate all of the city’s non-market housing assets and manage them as a single portfolio initially worth about $2 billion. This has the potential to significantly improve the city’s ability to meet the affordable housing … Continued

We are seeking your perspective! Please join us for a focus group on affordable housing solutions for women experiencing domestic violence and the role of co-operative housing to help them. Invitation to participate in a focus group CHF BC would like to invite our members to join us for a focus group session to help … Continued