It’s Time for a Double-Double in Canada’s Housing Strategy 04 Dec 2025 Guest Author Steve Pomeroy Executive Advisor and Industry professor at Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative (CHEC) McMaster University   When Scotiabank Economics reported in 2023 that Canada’s non-market housing sector is only half the size of the OECD average, it sparked a rallying cry…

Build Canada Homes Investment Policy Framework: Where is it heading? 27 Nov 2025 Ray Sullivan, Executive Director The Government of Canada gave housers a gift on National Housing Day: a bit more insight into the scope and mandate of Build Canada Homes. This National Housing Day marks almost three decades since homelessness was declared a…

What’s in a Name? Get the Job Done. 20 Nov 2025 Ray Sullivan, Executive Director When I started working in housing, we called it social housing, and everyone knew what that meant: not-for-profit homes for low- and moderate-incomes, built for social good. Simple. Clear. Purposeful. Fast forward a few decades, and the language has splintered.…

Digging Deeper: What Budget 2025 means for community housing 13 Nov 2025 Kenneth Milner, Director of Policy & Government Relations The federal government just released its 2025 Budget titled “Canada Strong”. The government framed this budget as a “generational shift” that was aiming to prepare Canada and Canadians for a rapidly changing world. You have…

Creating Our Own Table: John Gordon on Empowering Indigenous Communities Through Housing 16 Oct 2025 Vena Beckford, Director of Indigenous Housing Policy and Programs I had the chance to sit down with John Gordon, CEO of the National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Inc. (NICHI), to reflect on NICHI’s first two years, his leadership journey, and the…

The Government of Canada’s announcement of Build Canada Homes (BCH) marks a pivotal step in addressing the housing crisis. For years, CHRA and our members have called for stronger federal leadership to ensure everyone in Canada has a safe, affordable place to call home. BCH signals that the federal government is ready to prioritize non-market…

Community Matters: Creating Space for 2SLGBTQIA+ Housers 04 Sep 2025 Mel Willerth, Senior Manager of Education, CHRA and CIH Canada When I was applying for jobs prior to joining CHRA/CIH Canada, it was my first time applying while being out as nonbinary; it was also the longest and most difficult job search I’ve ever gone…

Build Canada Homes: A Bold Opportunity—If We Get It Right 21 Aug 2025 Guest Author Written by: John Gordon (Chief Executive Officer, National Indigenous Housing Collaborative Inc.) Tim Ross (Chief Executive Officer, Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada) Ray Sullivan (Executive Director, Canadian Housing and Renewal Association) Across the country, people are united by an ongoing…