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Answering your questions about Plancher
Our March 15th webinar on Plancher and its financing tools sparked a lot of interest and many questions. We’ve collected and summarized all the questions that were sent to us […]
Sharing creative solutions at the CHRA Congress
Many of the Centre’s staff traveled to Winnipeg to attend the National Congress on Housing and Homelessness, hosted by the Community Housing and Renewal Association, and co-hosted this year with […]
Racialized People and the Housing Crisis
For several years now, the housing crisis has been worsening across Canada. While this crisis affects all Canadians, we must recognize that racialized people are more severely affected. The International […]
Sector activities in April: The Centre to promote forward-looking solutions
The Centre in Edmonton The Centre will be attending the Alberta Seniors & Community Housing Association (ASCHA) conference at the Edmonton Convention Centre, April 3–5. Come visit our booth and […]
Women and Canada’s housing crisis: Challenges and solutions
While Canada’s housing crisis affects everyone, housing and homelessness issues affect women in especially severe and complex ways. The financialization of housing has aggravated housing scarcity, the pandemic has exacerbated […]
According to CMHC’s rental market report, the crisis is still growing. What role can the community housing sector play?
Last month, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its annual rental market report. The conclusions are not surprising: the crisis is getting worse, as we have been observing […]
Reinforcing Black Canadian communities through housing transformation
The history of Black communities housing in Canada is a story of persistent discrimination, segregation, and inequality. From Nova Scotia’s eastern shores on the coast of Africville in the early […]
(BC) A promising and replicable model to stop the leak in affordable housing
“Anyone else feel like they’re drowning here?” reads an anonymous post from a user on the Vancouver subreddit, an online community with over 452 thousand members. “[I have] a minimum […]
The Multigenerational Home Renovation Federal Tax Credit: What effects will it have on the housing crisis?
As part of its plan to make housing more affordable, the federal government implemented a new refundable tax credit for multigenerational home renovations on January 1, 2023. This contribution to […]