Get a preview of day three of the 2021 Conference and hear Director of Operations Andrew McKenzie's insights on sector sustainability Read more of the article: Creating solutions for a sustainable future
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Get a preview of day two of the 2021 Conference and hear Centre for Housing Excellence Senior Manager Helen Harris’ insights on the importance of people-centred housing solutions. Read more of the article: Putting the focus on people: The 2021 ONPHA Conference
Get a preview of day one of the 2021 Conference and hear ONPHA CEO Marlene Coffey’s insights into how we’ll examine systemic solutions and prepare for the future of the community housing sector. Read more of the article: Leading the future of community housing: The 2021 ONPHA Conference
Ottawa Community Housing (OCH) recently announced that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding with PAL Ottawa to create 80 new units for senior arts workers in Ottawa. Learn about this new development and the partnership between the two organizations. Read more of the article: OCH and PAL Ottawa partner to create affordable homes for Ottawa’s senior arts workers
reKINdle aims to address the marginalization faced by older LGBTQ2+ adults living in Waterloo Region as they access community services and housing. We caught up with the project leads from SPECTRUM and Community Justice Initiatives to learn how they worked together to bring this innovative program to life. Read more of the article: reKINdle: Community support for older LGBTQ2+ adults
Creating an air conditioning policy that strikes a balance between ensuring the safety of tenants, staff, and the public and the well-being of tenants can be tricky. Read on to learn about Ottawa Community Housing Corporation's air conditioning standard and how it was developed. Read more of the article: Air conditioner policies
ONPHA member Fred Victor is helping its clients and the local community get vaccinated against COVID-19. We spoke to CEO Keith Hambly about Fred Victor’s services and its role in the vaccination rollout. Read more of the article: Fred Victor: Supporting underserved populations during the vaccine rollout
The arrival of the pandemic had community housing providers scrambling to adapt their services to meet health restrictions. Read on to see how Halton Community Housing Corporation has been employing technology to improve their services and how doing so helped support their pandemic response. Read more of the article: Digitizing housing services: Halton Community Housing Corporation
Many housing providers find calculating minimum rent to be the most complicated aspect of the new RGI rules. Read on to get a breakdown of the new minimum rent. Read more of the article: The new RGI rules: Calculating minimum rent
On April 19, the federal government released Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience. Read on to see some of our housing sector “wins” in the budget. Read more of the article: ONPHA’s analysis of the 2021 Federal Budget: Tracking housing sector “wins”