Housing News
The Nominations Committee invites CHRA members to nominate candidates for the Board of Directors.
NDP MP and Housing Critic Marie-Claude Morin has just released a private member’s bill, which calls for a national housing strategy.
The deadline for nominations for the Robert Hale Jr Award is extended until February 21.
CHRA members invited to submit resolutions for consideration at the CHRA AGM by March 20.
Submit a resolution to be considered at the CHRA AGM by March 20!
The 2012 Annual General Meeting of CHRA will be held on May 3, from 4:00pm until 5:00pm at the Sheraton Hotel in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
New Brunswick Auditor General Finds Province’s Social Housing at Risk with Federal Government Funding Ending – CHRA asks: Will other provinces be equally hard hit?
The Office of the Auditor General of New Brunswick recently examined the Province’s social housing stock in order to assess whether it can be maintained as the funding provided by CMHC to support social housing is expiring.
On January 31, 2012, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) released The Housing Market and Canada's Economic Recovery, which calls on the federal government to support the expansion of the stagnant rental housing market. Specific recommendations include providing low-interest loans to finance new rental construction, reforming the tax system to prevent the demolition of existing rental housing and providing incentives to improve energy efficiency in order to lower rental costs.
CMHC’s mortgage loan insurance flexibilities which allow loan-to-value ratios of up to 95% for new affordable multi-unit housing loans has been extended until December 13, 2013.
CMHC’s Canadian Housing Observer provides a detailed annual review of housing conditions and trends in Canada, including housing affordability and housing finance.
The Governments of Canada and Nunavut announced a combined investment of close to $9 million under a new affordable housing agreement.