Affordable Housing

The Oaks Grand Opening Celebration, September 23rd and 24th There will be a two-day celebration to mark the opening of the city’s newest affordable housing project, on Friday September 23rd and Saturday the 24th. The Oaks, at 225 East Avenue North, has 108 units of affordable housing, including 13 operated by Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing in … Read more

The first Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, released her first annual report on June 20, focusing her concerns about the affordable housing crisis on three areas: Financial factors that are buying up affordable apartment buildings and pushing up rents, rapidly depleting the availability of affordable housing; Human rights violations when encampments of people experiencing homelessness … Read more

Canada is 3.5 million homes short of what’s needed for affordability. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, in a report released this week, calculated how many new homes need to be built for housing to be as affordable in 2030 as it was in 2003-4.  The report notes that in 2003 and 2004, a household with … Read more

In gratitude for this congregation’s generous donations to Sacajawea since 2016, the organization invited Bill Johnston to attend Sacajawea’s annual meeting on June 22. Here are a few highlights: Tenants will move into the 13 units at Ain-dah-ing between July 4 and 18. Sacajawea staff will move into their new office in Ain-dah-ing on July … Read more

1)  Will adding supply create housing diversity that meets the needs of all Canadians?  Event: Thursday June 16, online at noon. To register click here 2)  Are homeless encampments coming back to stay? Event: Thursday June 23, online at noon. To register click here  3)  The intersection of housing affordability and climate action. To read … Read more