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Calgary Housing Helps Young Henna Artist Give Back to Her Community Najibah is a 20-years old and has grown up in Calgary Housing. Her story illustrates the important impact safe, affordable housing has on community building. Najibah shares that the affordability of CH has alleviated financial stress, making it possible for her to focus on […]
Have Your Say on Calgary’s New Housing Strategy
Have Your Say on Calgary’s New Housing Strategy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYEQqaqml5o&t=27s Last week The City of Calgary released its new Housing Strategy. The strategy is The City’s response to the current housing crisis and the long term need to address housing affordability. One in five households in Calgary are unable to afford where they currently live. In […]
CHC Releases 2022 Annual Report
CHC’s Annual General Meeting was held today, June 13 in a presentation to Calgary City Council. 2022 was a busy year with CHC making significant moves forward to advance the vision to providing safe, secure, and stable housing options for those in need of housing support. Read more in the 2022 Annual Report… Download the […]
Resident Art Contest
We Are All In This Together – Home, Community & Belonging Residents of Calgary Housing Company are invited this summer to create and submit original works of art on the themes of home, community and belonging. Winning works of art will receive a prize of between $150 and $50. The winning pieces of art will […]
Community Based Mental Health Supports
LAMDA and Calgary Housing Company Celebrate Over 30 Years of Partnership LAMDA is a mental health and housing support agency. They’ve partnered with Calgary Housing Company for over 30 years and work as community advocates for those experiencing mental illnesses. LAMDA was founded by Dr. Mary Dumka. Dr. Dumka is a psychiatrist who was overseeing […]
Varsity Multi-Use Redevelopment Ground-Breaking
Varsity Redevelopment Ground-Breaking CALGARY, AB, JUNE 27, 2022 From The City of Calgary Newsroom The much-anticipated new Varsity Multi-Service Redevelopment celebrates the start of construction today with a ground-breaking ceremony on-site and speeches from Mayor Jyoti Gondek, Calgary Fire Department Deputy Chief Mark Turik, Director of Calgary Housing and President of Calgary Housing Company Sarah […]
Resident Satisfaction Survey Results
Resident Satisfaction Survey Results Calgary Housing Company (CHC) manages over 7,000 affordable homes, serving nearly 25,000 Calgarians, including almost 10,000 children. CHC regularly conducts a Resident Satisfaction Survey to provide residents with an opportunity to give feedback on CHC’s service delivery and share information about their well-being. The results are used by CHC to continually improve […]
Heavy Rainfall Warning Issued for Calgary
Heavy Rainfall Warning Issued for Calgary A rainfall warning has been issued for the City of Calgary by Environment and Climate Change Canada. “A prolonged and significant rainfall event will bring 75 to 125 mm of rain by Wednesday morning. Heavy rain will continue to spread north this morning. Rain will persist over the area […]
East District Office to Re-Open May 16
East District Office to Re-Open May 16 Other offices remain closed After more than two years of closure due to COVID-19, Calgary Housing Company will begin re-opening our offices next week. On Monday, May 16, our East District Office will re-open for appointments from 9:30am – 4:00pm. Only the East District Office (EDO) located in […]
National Volunteer Week Profile: Gerre Johnson and the Manchester Community Pantry
Gerre Johnson and the Manchester Community Pantry National Volunteer Week runs April 24 to 30. Gerre Johnson has been running the Community Pantry program in the Calgary Housing Company-managed Manchester 3 building on and off for over a decade. It’s pretty much a full time job for her to get the monthly pantry boxes together. […]
