CHRA is proud to announce that, effective immediately, Ray Sullivan is CHRA’s new Executive Director. After a very thorough and comprehensive search, with a large and stellar slate of senior national candidates, Ray emerged as the CHRA Board’s unanimous choice for the position. Ray has over two decades of experience managing, creating, and advocating for…

STATEMENT Protecting Tenants and Ensuring Long-term Housing Affordability: Lessons for the Federal Government (January 16, 2023) – Last Thursday, BC Premier David Eby announced The Rental Protection Fund, a $500 million provincial rental property acquisition program to help non-profit housing providers protect tenants and preserve long-term affordability. Increasingly across Canada, rental housing buildings are being…

On Friday November 25th, members of the Indigenous Caucus at CHRA joined with Indigenous housing leaders from across the country to create a new alliance: The National Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Coalition. This coalition has come together to create and deliver a national urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing strategy. “It was an…

We’re accepting nominations for the 2023 CHRA National Awards and we need your help to recognize leaders and innovators in the community housing and homelessness sector! If you know of any CHRA members – individuals or organizations – deserving of the following awards, submit a nomination today: Community Builder Award – recognizing a community builder…

PRESS RELEASE Fall Economic Statement 2022: A missed opportunity to build an economy that truly works for everyone (November 4, 2022) – Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 Fall Economic Statement, described as a plan to build an economy that works for everyone. CHRA knows that Canada finds…

Recently, non-repayable contributions (grants) available through the National Housing Co-Investment Fund (NHCF) have been capped at $25,000 per unit when paired with loans. With higher interest and inflation, this significant reduction is happening at a time when more grant funding is needed, not less. While we understand that this this reduction in non-repayable contributions is because…

Last week, CHRA submitted its recommendations to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance for Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2023 Budget. Unlocking a Canada that is fairer, more inclusive, and affordable for everyone starts at home, and affordable housing is the key. To this end, CHRA is recommending that Budget 2023 include…

On September 7, 2022, CHRA released its Blueprint for Housing – an in-depth policy document that will help inform CHRA’s advocacy efforts over the coming decade as we work towards our goal of ensuring that all who live in Canada have access to safe, affordable, appropriate housing. Informed by an extensive consultation process with CHRA…

On June 13, CHRA held a consultation with members to discuss ways to improve the $13 billion National Housing Co-Investment Fund and the $25 billion Rental Construction Financing Initiative (RCFI). This consultation was motivated in part by the announcement in the 2022 federal Budget that CMHC would review these programs with the goal of making them…

The 2022 federal Budget included a provision of $1.5 billion towards a third round of the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI). CHRA is pleased at the continuation of the RHI, having strongly advocated for such a program since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, CHRA sent a letter to Minister Ahmed Hussen, Minister of…