Celebrating CHC Partner Edgemont Community Association
Community Association Awareness Month Celebrating CHC Partner Edgemont Community Association “Every now and then I will throw on a pot of coffee and invite the moms in, and that’s when you find out what people really need. Someone will mention needing a mattress or something else and I can put the word out in the […]
Social Work Week: A Tenant Liaison’s Story on Making Residents’ Lives Better
Social Work Week: A Tenant Liaison’s Story on Making Residents’ Lives Better “Always be kind. Always keep trying. Don’t throw someone away because they aren’t doing the right thing right now.” When Suzanne White first started at Calgary Housing Company (CHC), there were only 4,000 residents; today there are almost 25,000. She was the first […]
An Interview with CHC Board Member Cllr Courtney Walcott
‘Keep building, every day, little by little.’ An Interview with CHC Board Member, Councillor Courtney Walcott Before being elected Ward 8 City Councillor, Courtney was a teacher and basketball coach at Western Canada High School. He graduated from Mount Royal University with a degree in history focusing on African American History, in particular, the long […]
Review of Affordable Housing Funding in Alberta Budget 2022
Review of Affordable Housing in Alberta Budget 2022 On February 24, the Government of Alberta presented its 2022-23 budget. Below is the Calgary Housing Company (CHC) review of the budget and its impact on the affordable housing sector in Alberta. CHC had submitted its Budget 2022 recommendations to the Government of Alberta in January 2022 […]
COVID-19 Update – Restrictions Ending
COVID-19 Update On Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 the Government of Alberta announced its decision to proceed to Step 2 of its Return to Normal plan on March 1 (Alberta to lift almost all remaining health restrictions | alberta.ca). Effective March 1, 2022 the following changes to CHC’s business operations will be implemented: Face coverings […]
Residents May See Staff Changes as CHC Transforms to Improve Service
Residents May See Staff Changes as CHC Transforms to Improve Service As 2022 kicks off, Calgary Housing Company residents can expect to see some changes in our organization and in the staff supporting our operations. Over the past couple of years, CHC has gone through a process we call Transform Calgary Housing – an effort […]
Residents Safe After Early Morning Fire in Montgomery
Residents Safe After Early Morning Fire in Montgomery Eleven people from three households have been forced from their homes following a fire at a Calgary Housing Company-managed townhouse complex in Montgomery this morning. There were no injuries reported among those displaced. The fire at the property, located in the 4500 block of Montgomery Ave […]
Welcome to CHC’s Updated Home on the Web
Welcome to CHC’s Updated Home on the Web If you’ve visited us online before, you will likely notice that we’ve refreshed the look and feel of our site! This revised site is the result of some back end work we’ve done to make the site run a bit smoother and more efficiently – we hope […]
Province Provides Highlights of Affordable Housing Strategy for Residents
Province Provides Highlights of Affordable Housing Strategy for Residents On November 1, the Government of Alberta released Stronger Foundations: Alberta’s 10-year strategy to improve and expand affordable housing. Key highlights of the announcement from the government that may be of interest to residents: Over the next 10 years, the province will take bold action to build an […]
Government of Alberta Releases “Stronger Foundations” Affordable Housing Strategy
Government of Alberta Releases “Stronger Foundations” Affordable Housing Strategy On Monday November 1st, the Government of Alberta released Stronger Foundations Affordable Housing Strategy, a 10-year affordable housing strategy for Alberta. “We are pleased to see the Province recognizing the importance of affordable housing and the needs of Albertans living on low incomes,” says CHC President Sarah Woodgate, […]
