After years of waiting, the City announced the launch of a discussion paper on co-op housing lease renewals. The paper proposes four scenarios that “aim to maximize the delivery of affordable housing on public land while also providing stability to residents.” This announcement was greeting by a series of news articles, plus a CBC Radio interview with CHF BC director, Thom Armstrong.
We are exploring the range of homes created within a context for affordability, community and for environmental reasons…..or all three. Including tiny homes for the homeless, tiny house clusters, cooperatives, cohousing, community land trusts, floating homes, and the need to reimagine the village.
Last month, I was part of diverse group of stakeholders from the housing, public health, municipal, private and non-profit sectors who were invited by the City of Vancouver on a Hey Neighbour! field trip to tour friendly buildings in the city.
Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are a largely “uncharted” vehicle with the potential to retain much needed affordable housing, and finance future sustainable and locally guided development, in Metro Vancouver.
I’m proud to see my housing co-op featured in Vancity‘s latest campaign! Vancity has been a great community partner, of not only First Avenue Athletes Village Housing Co-operative (my home co-op), but of the broader co-operative and community housing sector in BC. It is great to play a small part in helping to promote the work…
I sit on the board of the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia Today we are celebrating our 35th anniversary. Given my excitement about the future of co-operative housing and community land trusts in British Columbia, it important to recognize the foundation upon which this progress is built. Interestingly, reading the recollections below, I recognize…
These Land Trusts share a common mission: to support co-operative and non-profit housing and the low- and moderate income households they serve.
On Tuesday, February 17, Thom Armstrong, executive director of the Co‑operative Housing Federation of BC, spoke on Vancouver Co-op Radio’s co-operatives show, Each For All.
Members of housing co-ops in BC tell the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia (CHF BC) why it’s so important to find a rent supplement solution for low-income co-op members when federal subsidies end.
Co-op housing offers diverse and supportive communities with self-contained units, convenient amenities, and professional management staff.