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What is Hawthorne Housing Co-operative thinking? Many co-ops would view its healthy condition with envy and look for no further improvement. Yet, with the end of its extended operating agreement in view, Hawthorne (Surrey, BC) is preparing itself for a sustainable future.

On the whole, the 59-unit

Has your co-op recently undergone a renovation? No matter how big or small, if you have a story to tell, we want to see it. You’ve all heard this one before—a picture is worth a thousand words… Well, in this case, the right picture is worth a $100 Home Depot gift card!

We know that our clients have

In February, British Columbia’s Community Land Trust (CLT) completed the refinancing for a building that houses two Vancouver co-operatives, Railyard and Aaron Webster. The deal was put in place with the help of the HPC Housing Investment Corporation (HIC) through a process known as take-out

On May 15, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) launched a $300 million fund to support sustainable affordable housing. This fund will help pay for the planning and delivery of retrofits and new construction for higher energy performance.

Here’s what we know so far from FCM….

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A national partnership of housing organizations announced today that Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has selected its proposal to create a Community Housing Transformation Centre supporting innovation, capacity building and long-term sustainability of community housing.

This National

There's still time to take part in NRCan’s national Survey of Energy Use for Multi-Unit Residential Buildings (MURBs).

The survey was launched in September 2018 to collect data on MURBs in eight cities: Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa/Gatineau, Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver.

This

Over the past 30 years, building standards and techniques have changed. So it’s not surprising that Shalom Community Housing Co-operative gained more than its members expected when it undertook major renovations.

Located in Kitchener, Ontario, Shalom is a 40-unit townhouse-style co-op arranged in