2020/11/26 | Environment, Inclusion, Indigenous
The CMHC’s annual Northern Housing Report paints a bleak picture of the housing market in Canada’s northern territories, where a high percentage of residents lack suitable, adequate and affordable housing.
2020/11/25 | Centre News, Growth, Inclusion
On October 15, the city of Vancouver unanimously approved a $1-billion plan to acquire all 105 of the city’s Single Room Occupancy (SRO) hotels and turn them into social housing. Tenants’ rights groups are applauding the landmark move,...
2020/11/21 | Centre News, Inclusion
This year, COVID-19 has turned millions of lives upside down, and the pandemic has also exposed glaring needs in the housing sector. National Housing Day 2020, Sunday, November 22, is the occasion for an even greater awareness of lodging needs and the work that remains to be done.
2020/11/19 | Centre News, Inclusion
Driving a clear connection between food insecurity and unaffordable housing, the 2020 Who’s Hungry report details the impact of COVID-19 on food bank users. While managing debt was already a concern for many Canadian households, with reports that over half of...
2020/08/28 | Growth
Tim is a nationally recognized non-profit, community, and co-operative housing policy advocate, with years of leadership experience in housing and homelessness. He is the founding President of the Centre and Executive Director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada. CHF Canada is a national membership association of housing co-ops, representing over one thousand members, and home to over a quarter of a million people.