Media Releases
Here are recent media releases from CHF Canada.
For Ontario Region releases, click on box below and select “Ontario”.
National
- Housing co-ops welcome National Housing Strategy
- Housing co-ops optimistic after federal budget
- Organizations Call for Budget 2017 to be the “Housing Budget”
- Winnipeg Housing Co-op Wins Long Struggle to Refinance Repairs
- CHF Canada mourns the loss of co-op champion Mauril Bélanger
- Housing co-ops welcome federal re-engagement in affordable housing
- Canada’s housing sector calls for 100,000 new affordable homes to meet critical need Joint Release
- You hold the key: What’s needed to fix co-op housing
- Canada’s housing co ops seeking all-party support to protect low-income households
- Joint statement from CHF Canada and CHRA on the housing commitments contained in the 2015 federal budget
- Budget 2015 Opens Door to New Support for Low-Income Households, Helps Housing Co-ops Make Repairs
- Housing co-ops call for new federal rental assistance to replace expiring support for low-income households
- New Housing Forum aims to deliver results for Canadians in housing need
- Housing Co-ops Rally on Parliament Hill – Call on Governments to Fix Looming Housing Crunch
- Brampton-area housing co-op secures credit union loan to renovate and renew aging homes
- Canada’s housing co-operatives warmly welcome Minister’s announcement supporting low-income households
- Housing co-ops echo municipalities’ call for credible long-term housing solutions
- CHF Canada Urges Provincial and Territorial Governments to Work with Stakeholder Groups to Protect Housing Affordability
- Housing co-ops meet in Calgary to protect thousands of low-income households at risk from expiring federal funding
- Canada’s housing co-ops welcome renewed affordable housing investments in 2013 budget
- CHF Canada proposes achievable solutions to reduce housing need and homelessness
- Finley clears path for more housing renewal with lending changes
- Federal funding set to disappear, threatening native people in London with homelessness
- Ontario court approves plan to save 131 units of affordable housing in Windsor area
- $5.5 million federal cash grab blocks repairs at Winnipeg housing co op
- Hamilton housing co-op receives award for expansion celebrating International Year of Co-operatives
- Housing co-ops meet in Niagara Falls to protect thousands of low-income units at risk from expiring federal funding
- CMHC cash grab prevents refinancing repairs at local housing co-op
- Housing Co-ops Support Nova Scotia’s Plan for Provincial Housing Strategy
- Canada’s Housing Co-ops Optimistic Despite Cuts to Federal Spending
- Canada’s Housing Co-ops a proud part of International Year of Co-operatives in 2012
Ontario
- Housing co-ops celebrate the government’s creation of the Co-operative Housing Development Fund
- CHF Canada welcomes new Minister of Housing Peter Milczyn
- Joint Statement from Executive Director of Co-op Housing Federation of Toronto and Managing Director of Co-op Housing Federation of Canada’s Ontario Region on Toronto Housing Summit
- Minister Morneau brings welcome relief to federal co-ops and their low-income members who faced the loss of rent subsidy funding
- Final Report of the Mayor’s Task Force on Toronto Community Housing
- Housing co-op hosts Spadina-Fort York candidates
- Waterloo Federal Candidate Meet and Greet
- Housing co-op hosts Toronto Centre candidates
- Toronto Liberal Candidates Tour Local Housing Co-op
- Scarborough Southwest Candidate Meet and Greet Election Event
- Mississauga Liberal Candidates Tour Local Housing Co-op
- Co-op Housing Sector Deputes at Toronto City Hall on Key Housing Report
- Hundreds Rally in Support of Affordable Housing in Toronto
- Hundreds to rally in support of affordable housing in Toronto Tuesday April 28th, 7pm, Toronto City Hall
- Ontario’s co‑ops still waiting for solution to the end of operating agreements
- Ontario co-ops welcome budget commitment to affordable housing funding
- Housing co-ops delighted with passage of Bill 14
- Ontario faces serious shortage of affordable housing: Tighter rental markets are driving up rents and keeping Ontario families in poverty
- CHF Canada welcomes Ontario budget promise to work on extension of affordable housing program
- Ontario’s housing co-ops say provincial budget lacks promised balanced approach to cutting deficit
