(Toronto, March 12, 2020) – Earlier today, the Honourable Steve Clark announced the Protecting Tenants and Community Housing Act, as part of the provincial governments Community Housing Renewal Strategy (CHRS). … Continued
Ontario Council invites co-ops to nominate staff of Ontario housing co-ops and co-op management companies for its long-term service awards. These awards recognize that co-op staff are key stakeholders in … Continued
Update: The deadline for applications has been extended to May 1, 2020. Co-operative Young Leaders (CYL) is a summer experience unlike any other! CYL Camp is held at the Co-operative … Continued
Last month at a National Housing Day event in Waterloo, HHUG recognized Carine Nind with its Christine Wilson Award for over 30 years’ work and activism on housing. Carine is … Continued
Over the last year the Ontario Co-operative Association (OCA) has been advocating for changes to the Co-operative Corporations Act (CCA). Although these changes don’t apply to housing co-ops, CHF Canada … Continued
Faisa Hussein has lived in Ottawa’s Co-op Voisins for four years, and this year she attended CHF Canada’s Annual Meeting for the first time. Co-op Voisins has an strong culture … Continued
This article from 2019 contains outdated information, prior to provincial regulations introduced in 2022. In September the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing released a Technical Backgrounder on the End … Continued
Housing co-ops administered under the Housing Services Act (HSA) will benefit from changes to Rent-Geared-to-Income regulations announced by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (SH Notification 19-09 – RGI … Continued
On behalf of Canada’s housing co-operatives, CHF Canada sends our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of David Caplan. Caplan, who served as a Member of Provincial Parliament … Continued
The Community Housing Renewal Strategy contains some good news about rent-geared-to-income (RGI) calculations. Every year, co-op members who receive a rent-geared-to-income subsidy go through a complex process to prove their … Continued