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Cityview Housing Co-op members are grieving the loss of their president, Aaron Webster, murdered in Stanley Park on November 17 in an apparent case of gay bashing.

VANCOUVER – The Co-operative Housing Federation of BC (CHF BC) is urging the BC government today to maintain its commitment to building new affordable housing, after learning that projects…

Rainbow’s End Housing Co-op in Burnaby has building-envelope problems so serious that every member has to move out so they can be fixed. They are appealing for help from other co-ops.

Will hosting the Olympics in 2010 help or hurt the cause of affordable housing in BC? CHF BC will host a discussion forum on the 2010 Olympics Bid and what it means for affordable housing.

The winter issue of SCOOP was mailed to co-ops on Friday. Watch for your copy to arrive soon.

Social housing representatives from South Africa arrived in Vancouver this week as part of a Rooftops Canada sponsored trip to share information and experiences with housing co-ops.

CHF BC and CHF Canada will be fighting, during this federal election, for more co-ops and other forms of affordable housing.

CHF BC’s annual general meeting takes place November 29. We’re still looking for election candidates with six board positions and a seat on the Finance Committee up for grabs.

The campaign to solve the leaky co-op crisis entered a new phase in April, targeting six BC MPs with a phone blitz geared to getting them to agree to meetings. Check out more info at www.leaky.coop

The BC Institute of Co-op Studies is hosting “Building Co-op Futures: a forum for young people” May 24-27 at U Vic. Click here for info.

CHF BC’s Spring Conference was almost fully sold out. Members representing housing co-ops throughout the province enjoyed a great selection of workshops.

The February 15, 2003 meeting of the Vancouver Island Council meeting was well attended. Thirty delegates and guests celebrated the first anniversary of the Council. Janet Hall (Pheasant Meadows Co-…