Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. Generally you are absolutely correct. Community not-for-profit and co-operative housing that gets developed does need to be affordable in order to meet the needs of community. Given how expensive, competitive and difficult it is to operate and develop

Human Resources committee  With respect to the best path to create new, non-market supply of housing, including co-operatives, it would seem as though there are difficulties in accessing and generating new development opportunities through the federal co-investment fund, and I know that a lot of work has b

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry, which program are you referring to? Are you referring to a provincial—

Human Resources committee  I'm not sure if the current provincial government decided to continue with that program or not. We'd be happy to speak with Minister Clark and his team about new supply of co-op housing. In fact, we do quite often. We have a very good relationship with Minister Clark as well. Tha

Human Resources committee  Sidewalk Labs has just exited a massive development opportunity. That might be an opportunity for government to work together to increase the supply of non-market housing, particularly in Toronto. What governments really need to co-operate on, if you want non-market housing built

Human Resources committee  They would quite potentially, yes. What we actually called for in our last pre-budget submission was just a modest start of a $300-million earmarked new supply program to provide financing for capital, but also grants to address the equity gap.

Finance committee  Good morning and thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here with you today. Thank you for the invitation, on behalf of Canada's housing co-operatives and related organizations that are members of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada. I'd like to acknowledge that I

Finance committee  Thank you so much for the question. In terms of what works and what we've learned, we know that community and co-op housing works very well in Canada, with a well-established 50-plus year track record of creating permanently affordable housing that puts community first and membe

Finance committee  Well, we would see part of this program being delivered by the sector. Most housing programs in Canada at the federal level are delivered by CMHC. However, there is some precedent for other partners to come in to deliver housing programs, such as the Community Housing Transformat

Finance committee  I think one of the greatest and most important roles for federal funding programs is to provide a very deep level of grant contributions to projects. The supply and labour shortages and inflation and rapid appreciation in the real estate markets make it harder and harder to deliv

Finance committee  In rural areas, co-op and non-profit housing is sometimes the only form of rental housing available in some communities. I know that in Pontiac there are 34 co-op homes that were created under previous federal programs. Another advantage to having a sector-delivered program is

Finance committee  Broadly, we're seeing greater attention given to housing in successive federal budgets, but one area of concern that needs to be addressed more thoroughly is the lack of a dedicated investment in an urban, rural and northern housing strategy that's developed by and for indigenous

Finance committee  Thank you for the question and for your support. It's nice to see you. In short, yes, we need to convert as many opportunities to the co-operative housing model as possible. I'd be interested in learning more about the group's ideas and can certainly touch base to explore that

Finance committee  I think some of our sector's strongest leaders have come from more rural settings. I'm actually originally from New Brunswick. I personally know a lot of the members from Prince Edward Island as well. Our organization participated in the provincial task force on affordable hous

Finance committee  Thanks for highlighting the importance of including all business types in eligibility for government programs, so including co-operatives. It's absolutely critical that there's no unintentional exclusion of them from eligibility. I know that has been an issue in the past, but it