In the most recent federal budget, the government of Canada announced its intention to “ensure that eligible housing providers can access CHF Canada is committed funding to maintain housing affordability in its purpose to support for low-income tenants and co-op and advance the co- members” through the Federal Community operative housing Housing Initiative. [...] movement across Canada to ensure that people and At Tamarack, we believe in the power of communities have access places to build belonging and address the to affordable and dignified crises of polarization and social isolation. [...] The Community Development Program is an iteration of the 2022 pilot project through which CHF Canada sponsored four housing co-operatives to join Tamarack’s CBB membership to learn how to rebuild the sense of community that had been impacted by public health guidelines during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. [...] FRED DOWLING Beginning in 1980, Fred Dowling co-op has been offering affordable housing in the Frankel-Lambert neighbourhood of Toronto, which is the territory of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit River. [...] The team has focused on ensuring that everyone is included in the development of the vision and mission for community change, especially as the co-op prepares to celebrate its anniversary.
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Table of Contents
- WRITTEN BY Njoki Mbũrũ and Jorge Garza 1
- INTRODUCTION CONTEXT 1
- INTRODUCING THE 2023-2024 COHORT 3
- FALSE CREEK 3
- FRED DOWLING 3
- OAK STREET 4
- COOPERATIVE DES JARDINS 4
- HIGHLIGHTS ON THE WORK OF EACH HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE 5
- False Creek Co-op Fred Dowling 5
- Oak Street Des Jardins 5
- LESSONS LEARNED 6
- Food music and storytelling 6
- Effective and relational management 6
- Developing relationships outside of the co-operative 6
- While technology can be a useful tool limitations in building trust 7
- FUTURE DIRECTIONS 7
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8
- DIVE DEEPER 8
