Resolution R2: You Hold the Key – Fix the Co‑op Housing Crunch in Ontario

MOVED BY: The Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto (CHFT)

CONTACT:

Tom Clement
Executive Director
306 – 658 Danforth Avenue
Toronto, ON M4J 5B9
Tel: (416) 465-8688, ext. 202
Email: tom@coophousing.com

WE RESOLVE:

• THATOntario members endorse the You Hold the Key – Fix the Co op Housing Crunch campaign and join with co-ops from across Canada in supporting the national AGM resolution that calls on all three levels of government to act together to protect low-income members in federal housing co-ops with expiring operating agreements;
• THAT, as part of this campaign, we call on the Ontario government to share in the cost of a long-term rent supplement program to replace expiring subsidies in federal co-ops, and to continue to press the federal government to use savings from expiring subsidies to help pay for this program;
• AND THAT we call on all co-ops in the province–both federal and municipally administered—to commit to playing their part and to working with CHF Canada, regional federations, municipal partners and other allies, to make the campaign a success.

AGM ACTION:
Adopted as presented