Housing News
Phil Brown becomes CHRA’s new President
After a year as President-Elect, Phil Brown takes over from Bruce Pearce as the President of CHRA, a role he’ll hold until the close of the 2014 AGM.
Coalition work preserves tax-exempt status for non-profit housing providers
CHRA has learned that the federal Department of Finance will halt the practice of sending post-audit “educational letters” to non-profit entities, including non-profit housing providers, that appeared to threaten their non-taxable status.
Four new directors join the CHRA Board
Ronald Lamb (Saskatchewan), Val Hinsperger (At Large), Danielle Juteau (At Large) and Brigitte Witkowski (Ontario) join 12 continuing board members to form the 2012-13 CHRA Board of Directors.
44th National Congress on Housing & Homelessness
CHRA's 2012 Congress was a huge success!
The 2012 federal budget outlines no plans to invest in affordable housing or in measures to end homelessness.
CHRA President, Bruce Pearce, recently participated in a gathering of more than 40 of Canada's leading homelessness researchers, affordable housing advocates & practitioners.
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.
On March 21st, CHRA President Bruce Pearce presented at the APEC Symposium of Human Capital Policies for Green Growth & Employment taking place in Washington, DC.
This teleforum highlights an Homelessness Knowledge Development-funded project aimed to identify effective homeless outreach practices in different types of communities across British Columbia.
NDP MP and Housing Critic Marie-Claude Morin has just released a private member’s bill, which calls for a national housing strategy.