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Diana shared some of her knowledge and experience with CHF BC members and staff, and highlighted both important history and actions we can take now.

CHF BC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), will be conducted online, on Sunday, November 21, 2021.

We are excited to announce this year’s keynote speaker is Diana Day, Lead Matriarch at the Pacific Association of First Nations Women.

Whether you’re interested in best practices for your co-op or looking to learn more about the broader co-operative sector,  you’ll find our virtual education sessions engaging and practical.

Co-ops carry debt for a few reasons: they may still be paying off their original mortgages for construction and land acquisition; they may be borrowing to secure a new lease; or they may undertake significant capital renewals (like new envelopes or parkade membrane replacements) that trigger borrowing.

Whatever the reason for having debt, interest rate trends are worth keeping an eye on.

BCNPHA’s latest edition of infoLINK – Housing Central Conference Special Edition is packed with exciting information about our upcoming conference! You’ll find helpful tips to make your #HousingCentral networking a success, a feature story on by Art Expo curator Robi Smith, a celebration of the Aboriginal Housing Management Association’s 25th anniversary, guidelines for retrofit success and much more!

CHF BC is excited to announce ARC—Active Resilient Communities—a new program to assist our members.

ARC is designed to help you have conversations on long term issues in a structured way. We hope it will help you come to some answers but recognize that the conversations themselves are important.

BC’s Registry Services has introduced new requirements for the wording of special resolutions housing co-ops typically use to amend their Rules.

These new requirements are in place now and must be followed.

We call on the BC government to recognize the urgency and alarm that people all over the province are feeling as the climate crisis directly impacts our communities and our health: deadly heat waves, wildfires, drought, floods, crop failure, fisheries collapse, and costly evacuations and infrastructure damage. These climate-related impacts are unprecedented and intensifying. Indigenous peoples stand to be disproportionately impacted by climate events despite successfully taking care of the land since time immemorial.

Are you ready for #HousingCentral 2021? Get ready to join us virtually to meet, learn, and engage with the brightest minds working to solve the affordable housing and homelessness crises.

Thank you to everyone who was a part of CHF BC’s Virtual Well-Being Conference.

We hope that each session, activity and interaction at this year’s conference left you feeling refreshed and more connected to yourself and your community.

The City of Coquitlam is currently undertaking a Housing Needs Assessment. This will be presented to Coquitlam council in the Spring. City staff ask Coquitlam residents to consider filling in the Housing Needs Report Survey at letstalkcoquitlam.ca/housingneeds by October 15th. They are seeking a diversity of voices. Here’s the message from Genevieve Bucher (Director, Community Planning, City of … Continued

The Co-operative Housing Federation of BC (CHF BC) is pleased to host its first virtual Well-Being Conference with an original lineup of meaningful, community-focused wellness workshops and activities from October 18 to 22, 2021.

This conference, happening during Co-op Week, is a week-long series dedicated to supporting the well-being and resilience of communities in the co-op housing sector, housing sector, co-op organizations and beyond.