We will not longer be using this platform. We hope to connect with you on LinkedIn (as Union Co-operative) and Blue Sky ( https://t.co/W5dEJQERQ1).

BC's $500 million Rental Protection Fund is now the biggest buyer of apartments in BC. It helps non-profits purchase and maintain older housing stock to protect renters from skyrocketing rents and displacement. Ontario does not have a similar program. https://t.co/2esJLQK62k

For example, currently 90% of shares in a co-operative must be owned by members. This makes it hard to raise funds from charitable foundations, specialty funds, or non-members who want to support the mission of a co-operative.

Union Co-operative is happy to have contributed to CWCF's submission that includes recommendations to make it easier for co-operatives to raise community capital. Read CWCF's submission here:

.@WorkerCoop runs an important program that allows co-op & non-profit investments to be held in self-directed RRSPs & TFSAs. Canadians have invested $70M through this program in projects that improve their community! The federal government asked for feedback on RRSP/TFSA rules.

The @citywaterloo's EngageWR survey closes TODAY! Take a minute to tell the City that you support their inspiring proposal to use existing public land to build over 770+ new homes that will remain affordable forever. https://t.co/5DBWCkm0nG

Great leadership by @DorothyMcCabe and @citywaterloo Council!

"This is just the start of something big and we cannot wait to get shovels in the ground and folks into homes." - Philip Mills, CEO, Habitat For Humanity Waterloo Region #BuildNowWR

Congratulations @HabitatWR and @millsphilipd! I am proud to be part of the @BuildNowWR team pushing towards 10,000 new affordable homes in Waterloo Region! Thank you @berryonline and the @CityKitchener for leading with this important step.

“We know we are losing affordable apartments faster than we can build them,” said Sean Campbell of @UnionCoopWR , a group that recently purchased a 58-unit building in @CityKitchener and committed to holding rents to allowed provincial increases..." https://t.co/fcOmE4i5xW

I love the sounds of this development: three buildings, two of them housing co-ops, one market rent. What we need more of in @RegionWaterloo. Can we do it @UnionCoopWR? @citywaterloo ? https://t.co/wZjx6ogILr

There is still time to support this year's @ToastyToesWR fundraiser! Your gift will provide agencies with the funds to purchase socks for people experiencing homelessness and housing precarity. https://t.co/EcwJ4F0pgb

Wonderful opportunity to support folks experiencing homelessness or housing precarity!

Dwight Storring is a talented local filmmaker who has created a documentary about housing activist Anna Kaljas. Screening is followed by a panel discussion with many of our local housing heroes! Get a ticket: https://t.co/XydVJrWSt4 Watch the trailer: https://t.co/4DVAfOYAJu

Thanks to @UWaterloo & @SEEDWaterloo not only for telling the story of Union Co-operative but also for being a place where it is possible to take a stand for your community while completing a degree. 1/2

I’m excited and committed to working with Karen and my mayoral colleagues, Habitat for Humanity WR, Union Coop, other nonprofits and the private sector to explore possibilities. Let’s go, Waterloo Region!

Thank you @Redman4Region for your leadership and support of BUILD NOW WR!

I am thrilled about this project 10,000 homes is a huge deal If you would like to receive updates on this exciting community-led partnership check out

"The new homes will consist of buildings from four to six storeys in height, with unit sizes ranging from one to three bedroom."

Excited that Union is part of the BUILD NOW team. The ambition is to build 7,000 affordable homes for ownership, and 3,000 affordable homes for rent.