Registration - In-house Organization

CHRA Canadian Housing and Renewal Association / ACHRU Association canadienne d’habitation et de rénovation urbaine / Raymond Sullivan, Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: CHRA Canadian Housing and Renewal Association / ACHRU Association canadienne d’habitation et de rénovation urbaine
Responsible Officer Name: Raymond Sullivan, Executive Director
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2009-05-15
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 950379-233781

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 194

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 15

Version 1 of 36 (2009-05-15 to 2009-11-03)

Registration versions:

Version 1 of 36 (2009-05-15 to 2009-11-03)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Affordable Housing and Homelessness

Subject Matter Details

Policies or Program

Lobby Human Resources and Social Development Canada and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to make their programs to support affordable housing and homelessness long-term and adequately financed, ie receiving at least $1billion in annual federal investment on an ongoing basis. The specific programs under current focus are the Homelessness Partnering Strategy, the Affordable Housing Initiative, the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program and the new “stimulus” spending being undertaken through and external to these programs pertaining to affordable housing and homelessness. This lobbying would target both aboriginal and non-aboriginal housing. The specific goals are to substantially increase funding to address homelessness and affordable housing supply shortages; increase funding to provide support services to people living in affordable housing or using shelter or transitional housing; to marry these investments to community development, health, education and economic outcomes for people and communities; and to have all of these investments guided by a national housing policy framework.
Targeting CMHC, HRSDC, and Natural Resources Canada, encourage the federal government to implement and enhance policies and programs that make affordable housing more energy efficient and environmentally responsible. Specifically CHRA now lobbies the federal government to re-introduce the cancelled EnerGuide for Low-Income Households program, or an alternative program that achieves the same goals. The central goal is to make it financially feasible for Canadians on low-incomes to make their homes more energy efficient with federal assistance.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication
Presentations, Meetings, Informal Communications and Telephone Calls

Government Institutions

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
Insfraestructure Canada
Minister of State (Families and Caregivers)
Minister of State (Human Resources Development)
Minister of State (Insfraestructure and Communities)
Minister of State (Public Health)
National Energy Board (NEB)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

FOUNDED IN 1968, THE CANADIAN HOUSING AND RENEWAL ASSOCIATION (CHRA) IS A NATIONAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING THOSE WHO DEVELOP, MANAGE AND DELIVER HOUSING PROGRAMS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS CANADA. OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY INFLUENCING HOUSING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Geoff Gillard, Acting Executive Director

Organization's membership or classes of membership

CHRA'S MEMBERS ARE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE HOUSING SECTOR. THEY INCLUDE HOUSING ADVOCATES, EXPERTS AND PRACTITIONERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, COMMUNITY-BASED NON-PROFIT HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS, MUNICIPALITIES, PROVINCIAL HOUSING AGENCIES, PRIVATE DEVELOPERS, ABORIGINAL GROUPS, ACADEMICS, RESEARCHERS, TENANTS' ASSOCIATIONS, CO-OPS.

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2008-12-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	$425,000.00	Yes

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
310-130 Slater St.
Ottawa, ON K1S 5L5
Canada

Telephone number: 613-594-3007 Ext. 15
Fax number: 613-594-9596

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Geoff Gillard, Acting Executive Director | No public offices held

CHRA Canadian Housing and Renewal Association/ACHRU Association canadienne d’habitation et de rénovation urbaine

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

Name	From	To
CHRA Canadian Housing and Renewal Association/ACHRU Association canadienne d’habitation et de rénovation urbaine	2009-05-15	current

CHRA Canadian Housing and Renewal Association / ACHRU Association canadienne d’habitation et de rénovation urbaine

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Raymond Sullivan	2022-07-18	Current
Jeff Morrison	2016-01-18	2022-07-18
Timothy Ross	2015-12-04	2016-01-18
Jody Ciufo	2010-09-21	2015-12-04
Geoff Gillard	2009-05-15	2009-11-03

Date Modified:: 2025-04-30

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Registration - In-house Organization

CHRA Canadian Housing and Renewal Association / ACHRU Association canadienne d’habitation et de rénovation urbaine / Raymond Sullivan, Executive Director

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 1 of 36 (2009-05-15 to 2009-11-03)

Version 1 of 36 (2009-05-15 to 2009-11-03)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization