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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
