Housing, Jobs, and Economic Resilience: Canada’s Path Forward 27 Feb 2025 Ray Sullivan, Executive Director Faced with economic threats and challenges to our sovereignty from the White House, Canadians are scrambling for ways to create economic resiliency and protection against the coming instability. Let’s face facts – our economy lacked resiliency before Trump 2.0, and…

Join us for the 2025 CHRA Congress in Saskatoon! 20 Feb 2025 Leah Blunden, Senior Manager of Communications and Member Engagement The CHRA team is busy preparing for the 2025 CHRA National Congress, taking place April 29 to May 1 in Saskatoon, and we can’t wait to welcome you to what is sure to be…

No Safe Place: How the Housing Crisis Fails Survivors of Violence and the Shelters That Support Them 06 Feb 2025 Guest Author Robyn Hoogendam – Women’s Shelters Canada, Research and Policy Manager Across the country, the housing crisis is increasing precarity for those in our communities who are most vulnerable. This is particularly true for…

Professionalizing the Sector: Much more than a tick-box exercise 23 Jan 2025 Mel Willerth, Senior Manager of Education, CHRA and CIH Canada Working in housing can often feel like a thankless job. There aren’t rings awarded for completing education like there are for engineers, nor special jackets to showcase our role to the world. While…

Meeting the Moment: The fight for community housing in 2025 09 Jan 2025 Kenneth Milner, Director of Policy & Government Relations As we begin 2025, it’s clear that the year ahead will bring significant change in the form of a federal election which will likely result in a new government and mounting global pressures will…

2024: CHRA’s Year in Review 05 Dec 2024 Leah Blunden, Senior Manager of Communications and Member Engagement As the year comes to a close, we’re looking back on everything CHRA, our members, and sector partners have worked towards and accomplished in 2024. We have a lot to be proud of and we’re looking forward to…

Community Housing Has a Size Problem 21 Nov 2024 Ray Sullivan, Executive Director Let’s talk about size. Let’s talk about the size of the community housing sector, and let’s talk about the size of our community housing providers. Spoiler alert: we’re too small on both counts. For most of us working in community housing, we…

The Political Environment is Unstable in Ottawa Right Now 31 Oct 2024 Ray Sullivan, Executive Director The NDP has torn up their Supply and Confidence Agreement with the governing Liberals – an agreement that included some specific deliverables on affordable housing. The minority Liberals are at risk of losing government, as an eager Conservative Party…

Personal Perspective: Reflecting on the CIH Housing Summit and my journey through the UK 17 Oct 2024 Mel Willerth, Senior Manager of Education, CHRA and CIH Canada In September, I had the privilege of representing CIH Canada and CHRA at the CIH Housing Summit, an experience that left a profound mark on both my professional…