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CHF BC’s annual general meeting is set for Saturday, November 25. The Federation is seeking nominations for the board elections and for the Lifetime Volunteer Achievement Award.
A confirmed urbanite and lover of tall buildings and crowded streets, your correspondent typically approaches excursions beyond downtown Vancouver as quasi-military campaigns. An objective -…
Island members at the February 23 council meeting participated in a forum discussing why governments should invest in more co-op housing and what co-ops can do to get co-ops on the governments’…
VANCOUVER – Premier Gordon Campbell must act immediately to close the housing gap and reduce the growing number of homeless in British Columbia created by B.C. Liberal government policies, NDP Leader…
As part of our effort to support youth in the co-op housing sector, CHF BC will sponsor someone to attend Camp Rainbow’s Advanced Camp this spring.
As their co-ops busy themselves reviewing their Rules, Island delegates asked CHF BC to provide more information on joint, principal and associate membership.
CHF BC responded with the first ever…
CHF BC is calling for nominations for board and finance committee elections at the November 26 annual general meeting.
CHF BC urges members to consider
the need for more co-operative and affordable housing during upcoming municipal elections.
The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, reported in its review of party platforms that "the election of a Conservative government would mean longer waiting lists and more homelessness."
CHF BC’s Island Education Day held March 6 was a great success with 15 of 31 CHF BC Island member co-ops represented. Of the 33 participants, many were first time registrants.
CO-OP YOUTH – OUR FUTURE 2004 is a one-day event open to youth aged 14 to 16 who live in a housing co-op.
Longtime co-op supporter Fred Bustin passed away on September 23, 2003. Click on "more" for a note from Doug Perry, and for details about a memorial event scheduled for October 19.