Enrollment for the Federal Community Housing Initiative Phase 2 has officially begun for federally-administered co-ops. CHF Canada has been waging an advocacy campaign under the banner of ‘You Hold the … <a href="https://chf-ca.papercrane.ca/you-hold-the-key-campaign-delivers-as-cmhc-launches-enrollment-for-fchi-2/">Continued</a>
Yesterday, we launched a series of short campaign videos featuring personal stories of people who live in or work for housing co-ops: Do you have a story about how you … <a href="https://chf-ca.papercrane.ca/new-include-co-op-videos/">Continued</a>
Housing is an important issue for voters during this election. CHF Canada is pleased to partner with a coalition of housing organizations to co-host the National Housing Debate on October … <a href="https://chf-ca.papercrane.ca/national-housing-debate-october-6/">Continued</a>
Isabelle Anguita has been living in Montreal’s Mile End neighborhood for 25 years. Ten years ago, she realized that gentrification was displacing people from her neighborhood, particularly low-income residents and … <a href="https://chf-ca.papercrane.ca/mile-end-co-op-founding-member-and-president-explains-the-genesis-of-mile-end-cooperative/">Continued</a>
Last spring, CHF Canada launched a member survey to learn how your national federation can best support your co-op’s needs. We received close to 500 responses. Thanks to everyone who … <a href="https://chf-ca.papercrane.ca/highlights-from-member-survey/">Continued</a>
CHF Canada staff and volunteers are already hard at work planning to make your 2020 Annual Meeting, June 11-13 in Halifax, NS the best one yet. Come join us! Here … <a href="https://chf-ca.papercrane.ca/be-part-of-the-movement-meet-members-and-have-a-say-at-the-2020-annual-meeting/">Continued</a>
Denese, a co-op member in Toronto, talks about how welcoming the co-op has been to her and her daughter, and the need for more co-op housing across Canada:
Nanda, a young co-op member in Toronto, talks about how important it has been to her to live in a diverse, empowering housing co-op community:
Judy, a housing co-op manager in Toronto, talks about the overwhelming amount of responses her co-op received when they posted a vacancy, and the need to develop more co-op housing:
