News Releases

This one-time BC Housing grant supports non-profit housing providers responding to the urgent needs of survivors of gender-based violence. It aligns with AHMA’s anti-gender-based violence housing strategy by strengthening the capacity to provide culturally responsive, survivor-centred housing approaches.  Read more >

What does it take to ensure Indigenous communities have access to homes that are healthy, energy-efficient, and resilient to a changing climate? Read more >

The Community and Indigenous Housing Funds are essential – they were established to keep people housed, safe, and healthy. AHMA members alone have lost 24 projects, almost 2,000 units of affordable homes that will not be built. This is unfathomable as families struggle to survive. Read more >

“These supports are often the difference between stability and displacement for low-income renters, seniors, people with disabilities, and Indigenous people. When rent supports disappear faster than new housing is built, vulnerable people fall through the cracks, and pressure shifts to shelters, emergency services and health-care systems.” Read more >

AHMA argues that investing in housing solutions also provides measurable economic benefits, citing research suggesting every dollar spent on supportive housing can generate nearly $7 in social return and up to $3 dollars in government savings through reduced demand on emergency and social services. Read more >

“It is encouraging to see both tenant and worker wellness prioritized within supportive housing. AHMA housing and service providers apply a trauma-informed lens, which we want to see reflected in decisions that will meaningfully respond to the realities and distinct context of Indigenous tenants and workers.” – Margaret Pfoh, CEO, Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA)  Read more >

The latest intake of the BC Community Housing Fund would have poured more than $775 million into the province’s non-market housing sector. Despite homelessness rising in 60 per cent of BC communities surveyed, advocates also pointed to a shift in government funding that prioritizes “near-market” affordability over those that have a deep, chronic need for Read more >

The Housing Central partners acknowledge that today’s provincial budget reflects the challenging fiscal environment we live in. At the same time, it’s disappointing that BC Budget 2026 scales back investments into community housing when the need for affordable housing is more critical than ever.  Read more >

“I definitely am proud,” Pfoh said. “Receiving this Reconciliation Award is an affirmation of the work that our people have been taking up all across, not just in the not-for-profit housing and supportive services, but in First Nations, in Métis Nations, in the Inuit communities.” Read more >

Thank you to all of our current sponsors! Sponsorship opportunities are available until April 28, 2026. Read more about our current sponsors through the link. Read more >