Ontario Aboriginal Housing Service and Indigenous Housing
Indigenous housing: Urgent Need for Systemic Changes Leilani Farha, UN Former rapporteur on adequate housing, called the 2019 UN rapport on Indigenous Housing an important “wake-up call” demanding immediate action from the Canadian government. While women generally...
Downtown Eastside Vancouver: SRO Collaborative Society
An Eviction Away from Homelessness - How to Empower Vulnerable Tenants through Democratic Practices Vancouver’s Single Occupancy Hotel rental rooms offer affordable rental housing for tenants in small 10×10 feet single rooms, where they typically share bathrooms on...
Important Sector Event: CHF-Canada’s Virtual General Assembly
More than 600 co-op members and supporters participated in CHF Canada’s first-ever virtual AGM on Saturday, June 13. During that meeting, participants voted in regard to Canada’s co-op housing movement. “Especially during these challenging times, it is great to see...
The Community Housing Sector during COVID Remains Resilient
Many individuals have found an affordable and safe home within the community housing sector; a place where their needs are met and respected. This remains true in the light of current new procedures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. community housing providers across...
Nova Scotia: Collaborative Efforts in the Community Housing Sector
Since its launch in 2019, the Community Housing Transformation Centre has worked closely with local organizations and experts across Canada to best answer the diverse needs of the community housing sector in order to move towards greater growth and sustainability. As...
Perpetual affordability and Community Control of the Land: Community Land Trusts in Canada
This is a summary of the workshop session ‘Perpetual Affordability and Community Control of the Land: Community Land Trusts in Canada’, which took place in Ottawa, on 26 April 2018 at the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association’s annual Housing and Homelessness...
The hidden reality of Rural Homelessness- Step-By-Step Guide to Estimating Rural Homelessness
The second edition of Alberta Rural Development Network’s (ARDN) Step-by-Step Guide to Estimating Rural Homelessness is a tool designed to reveal the hidden realities about housing needs and homelessness. The methodology aims to unravel the complex dimensions between homelessness and housing instability specific to rural areas.
How to start your Community Housing Project
A document prepared by the Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN). After hearing from housing experts that it was virtually impossible to develop affordable housing in rural communities, Dee Ann Benard, Executive Director of the ARDN (Alberta Rural Development...
FiBi – For Indigenous, By Indigenous
A National Housing Strategy released by the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA) and its Indigenous Housing Caucus Working Group Calling on the federal government to address the housing needs of urban, rural and northern Indigenous families and individuals,...
Sectoral Impact Projects
Develop new services, models or tools to help the sector build and manage affordable housing.
Local Projects
Sector Transformation Fund
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Community-Based Tenant Initiative
Develop projects that aim to engage tenants/co-op members in housing decisions that affect them.
