BC's $500 million Rental Protection Fund is now the biggest buyer of apartments in BC. It helps non-profits purchase and maintain older housing stock to protect renters from skyrocketing rents and displacement.
Ontario does not have a similar program.
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For example, currently 90% of shares in a co-operative must be owned by members. This makes it hard to raise funds from charitable foundations, specialty funds, or non-members who want to support the mission of a co-operative.
.@WorkerCoop runs an important program that allows co-op & non-profit investments to be held in self-directed RRSPs & TFSAs. Canadians have invested $70M through this program in projects that improve their community!
The federal government asked for feedback on RRSP/TFSA rules.
Union Co-operative is happy to have contributed to CWCF's submission that includes recommendations to make it easier for co-operatives to raise community capital.
Read CWCF's submission here: https://t.co/Wx1f4DSMnG
The @citywaterloo's EngageWR survey closes TODAY! Take a minute to tell the City that you support their inspiring proposal to use existing public land to build over 770+ new homes that will remain affordable forever.
https://t.co/5DBWCkm0nG
We're considering using a vacant, city-owned property located at 2025 University Ave E for housing. Have feedback?
Public meeting:
๐๏ธ Wednesday, May 8 at 6:30 p.m.
๐ Community Room (Second floor) of the WMRC Community Pavilion
More info: https://t.co/RvvBxEJmPf
"This is just the start of something big and we cannot wait to get shovels in the ground and folks into homes."
- Philip Mills, CEO, Habitat For Humanity Waterloo Region
#BuildNowWR
โWe know we are losing affordable apartments faster than we can build them,โ said Sean Campbell of @UnionCoopWR , a group that recently purchased a 58-unit building in @CityKitchener and committed to holding rents to allowed provincial increases..."
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I love the sounds of this development: three buildings, two of them housing co-ops, one market rent. What we need more of in @RegionWaterloo. Can we do it @UnionCoopWR? @citywaterloo ?
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There is still time to support this year's @ToastyToesWR fundraiser! Your gift will provide agencies with the funds to purchase socks for people experiencing homelessness and housing precarity.
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ToastyToes Waterloo Region is back with its 2023 Campaign starting today! Join us in warming hearts & toes across the region. Help us bring warmth & comfort to those in need. How? Simply donate the cost of a pair of socks or more!
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#ToastyToesWR2023
Dwight Storring is a talented local filmmaker who has created a documentary about housing activist Anna Kaljas.
Screening is followed by a panel discussion with many of our local housing heroes!
Get a ticket: https://t.co/XydVJrWSt4
Watch the trailer: https://t.co/4DVAfOYAJu
Thanks to @UWaterloo & @SEEDWaterloo not only for telling the story of Union Co-operative but also for being a place where it is possible to take a stand for your community while completing a degree. 1/2
Iโm excited and committed to working with Karen and my mayoral colleagues, Habitat for Humanity WR, Union Coop, other nonprofits and the private sector to explore possibilities.
Letโs go, Waterloo Region!
As a community, we need to take tangible, aggressive steps to make housing more attainable. Pleased to join local municipalities & partners from across @RegionWaterloo yesterday at @cityofcambridge City Hall with a plan to do just that. Visit https://t.co/ihJfdX5KAk to learn more
I am thrilled about this project
10,000 homes is a huge deal
If you would like to receive updates on this exciting community-led partnership check out https://t.co/CGSAs6k6om
A new partnership led by Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region aims to create 10,000 new, affordable and attainable homes in the region by 2030. https://t.co/jZVTmyvMFk