Mike Bulthuis
@mikebulthuis.bsky.social
📍Home is Ottawa, Hamilton-born | affordable housing, community ownership, land trusts | Ottawa Community Land Trust | Bouviers | always better after time spent on trails. 🏃♂️ | 🇨🇦🇳🇱🏳️🌈
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It's always a pleasure to see Mike Bulthuis, here with Patrick Mason (l), from the Ottawa Community Land Trust. Their 2025 bond campaign is on now: www.oclt.ca
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's always a pleasure to see Mike Bulthuis, here with Patrick Mason (l), from the Ottawa Community Land Trust. Their 2025 bond campaign is on now: www.oclt.ca
Thanks to the Rotary Club of West Ottawa for inviting the #Ottawa Community Land Trust to its Big Ideas Podcast! Timely reminder that working together as a community, we *can* preserve affordable housing.
youtu.be/8jZ-44GNv18
youtu.be/8jZ-44GNv18
Mike Bulthuis - Ottawa Community Land Trust - Big Ideas Podcast
YouTube video by RotaryClubWestOttawa
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March 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Thanks to the Rotary Club of West Ottawa for inviting the #Ottawa Community Land Trust to its Big Ideas Podcast! Timely reminder that working together as a community, we *can* preserve affordable housing.
youtu.be/8jZ-44GNv18
youtu.be/8jZ-44GNv18
York Region's Housing for All Land Trust has an exciting, ambitious vision: collaborate to deliver 500 affordable homes (thru development + acquisition). “The idea is to see if we can get land, units of housing, vacant homes, and different partners ... that have land or homes ... into the Trust.”
Blue Door land trust aims to deliver 500 affordable units in York Region
'The pressure is here, the landscape has changed... We need to take some big swings to get the affordable housing we need,' says Blue Door CEO
www.newmarkettoday.ca
December 17, 2024 at 4:16 PM
York Region's Housing for All Land Trust has an exciting, ambitious vision: collaborate to deliver 500 affordable homes (thru development + acquisition). “The idea is to see if we can get land, units of housing, vacant homes, and different partners ... that have land or homes ... into the Trust.”
Big news day - here too! The Ottawa Community Land Trust has reached its $3.0 million Housing Forever Bonds campaign goal! Community investing in community - and more #affordablehousing to be preserved in #Ottawa, forever!
$3M Housing Forever Bond campaign goal has been reached! – Ottawa Community Land Trust
www.oclt.ca
December 16, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Big news day - here too! The Ottawa Community Land Trust has reached its $3.0 million Housing Forever Bonds campaign goal! Community investing in community - and more #affordablehousing to be preserved in #Ottawa, forever!
Good to see discussion around the provincial Land Transfer Tax; would love to see all parties commit to waiving this for non-profit acquisitions / preservation of #affordablehousing, too! #onpoli
toronto.ctvnews.ca/bonnie-cromb...
toronto.ctvnews.ca/bonnie-cromb...
Bonnie Crombie’s housing plan targets land transfer tax
Ahead of a possible early provincial election, Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie has outlined her party's plan to tackle housing costs.
toronto.ctvnews.ca
December 12, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Good to see discussion around the provincial Land Transfer Tax; would love to see all parties commit to waiving this for non-profit acquisitions / preservation of #affordablehousing, too! #onpoli
toronto.ctvnews.ca/bonnie-cromb...
toronto.ctvnews.ca/bonnie-cromb...
From recent research in the GTA, "Overall findings suggest that receiving subsidized housing improves mental health over a 6-to-18-month time horizon.... suggesting a need to reduce wait times and expand access to subsidized housing."
@urbanhealthprof.bsky.social #affordablehousing
@urbanhealthprof.bsky.social #affordablehousing
Does receipt of social housing impact mental health? Results of a quasi-experimental study in the Greater Toronto Area
Affordable housing is commonly described as an important determinant of health, but there are relatively few intervention studies of the effects of ho…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:03 PM
From recent research in the GTA, "Overall findings suggest that receiving subsidized housing improves mental health over a 6-to-18-month time horizon.... suggesting a need to reduce wait times and expand access to subsidized housing."
@urbanhealthprof.bsky.social #affordablehousing
@urbanhealthprof.bsky.social #affordablehousing
What's causing the #housing crisis?
From @canadiandimension.bsky.social "The trouble isn’t that there are too many ppl or too few houses, the trouble is who owns the houses and why.... It’s time to remind ourselves that our homes are for living our lives, not generating value for shareholders."
From @canadiandimension.bsky.social "The trouble isn’t that there are too many ppl or too few houses, the trouble is who owns the houses and why.... It’s time to remind ourselves that our homes are for living our lives, not generating value for shareholders."
Why the housing crisis is not an immigration problem
We cannot allow ourselves to be misled by property hoarders who want to blame the housing crisis on economically precarious temporary residents while they collect the rent. As Laurence Braun-Woodbury ...
canadiandimension.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:42 PM
What's causing the #housing crisis?
From @canadiandimension.bsky.social "The trouble isn’t that there are too many ppl or too few houses, the trouble is who owns the houses and why.... It’s time to remind ourselves that our homes are for living our lives, not generating value for shareholders."
From @canadiandimension.bsky.social "The trouble isn’t that there are too many ppl or too few houses, the trouble is who owns the houses and why.... It’s time to remind ourselves that our homes are for living our lives, not generating value for shareholders."
Stewarding the Future: Youth Power and Leadership in Community Land Trust Practice - looks like a great webinar, Wed Dec 4 @ noon.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Stewarding the Future: Youth Power and Leadership in Community Land Trust Practice. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining t...
Join us on 4 December for a panel discussion with a short Q&A on youth engagement and leadership within community land trusts.
Core to the CLT mission is the stewardship of community assets for both ...
us06web.zoom.us
December 3, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Stewarding the Future: Youth Power and Leadership in Community Land Trust Practice - looks like a great webinar, Wed Dec 4 @ noon.
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Waterloo is poised to approve (I'm 100% certain this will pass) a plan to add over 1k affordable/attainable homes on city owned land on Monday. With a financial commitment of at least $20 million on the city's end, this is remarkable for a lower tier municipality.🧵
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Waterloo council aims to put land worth $20M into affordable housing project
Proposal would see Habitat for Humanity charity get the land for free to develop 1,010 low-cost homes.
www.therecord.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Waterloo is poised to approve (I'm 100% certain this will pass) a plan to add over 1k affordable/attainable homes on city owned land on Monday. With a financial commitment of at least $20 million on the city's end, this is remarkable for a lower tier municipality.🧵
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
When a housing bottleneck limits access to safety and service. “Our ability to provide safe shelter for people fleeing violence in the community has been reduced simply because of the lack of affordable housing in our community,” Keri Lewis, Interval House #Ottawa (1/2)
'Nowhere for them to go': Women's shelter grapples with lack of affordable housing
With women’s shelters overcapacity and forced to turn away women fleeing violence, organisations say more transitional housing is needed.
rabble.ca
November 30, 2024 at 4:11 PM
When a housing bottleneck limits access to safety and service. “Our ability to provide safe shelter for people fleeing violence in the community has been reduced simply because of the lack of affordable housing in our community,” Keri Lewis, Interval House #Ottawa (1/2)
Excited for OCAF's (Ottawa Climate Action Fund) next steps in supporting #Ottawa’s transition to an equitable, carbon-neutral future. The Oct 9 Climate-Economy Summit incl'd great discussions on how to retrofit (+ preserve) existing rental #housing while preserving affordability. #affordablehousing
Ottawa Community Foundation Announces Ottawa Climate Action Fund to Become Independent Organization, Driving Local Climate Solutions - Ottawa Community Foundation
Incubation of climate-focused initiative began in 2019 with $22M transfer from Federation of Canadian Municipalities, funded by Government of Canada
Ottawa, ON – November 28, 2024
The Ottawa Commu...
www.ocf-fco.ca
November 29, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Excited for OCAF's (Ottawa Climate Action Fund) next steps in supporting #Ottawa’s transition to an equitable, carbon-neutral future. The Oct 9 Climate-Economy Summit incl'd great discussions on how to retrofit (+ preserve) existing rental #housing while preserving affordability. #affordablehousing
Community Land Trusts are innovating across 🇨🇦.
The Northern CLT Society (Whitehorse) is building 32 homes for (permanent!) affordable home ownership. 1, 2 + 3-BR homes, sold at less than 30% below market value.
Decommodifying housing - so folks can build equity elsewhere. #affordablehousing
The Northern CLT Society (Whitehorse) is building 32 homes for (permanent!) affordable home ownership. 1, 2 + 3-BR homes, sold at less than 30% below market value.
Decommodifying housing - so folks can build equity elsewhere. #affordablehousing
Government of Yukon supporting Northern Community Land Trust Society to build permanently affordable housing in Whitehorse | Government of Yukon
32 new permanently affordable homes coming to Whistle Bend community.
yukon.ca
November 28, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Community Land Trusts are innovating across 🇨🇦.
The Northern CLT Society (Whitehorse) is building 32 homes for (permanent!) affordable home ownership. 1, 2 + 3-BR homes, sold at less than 30% below market value.
Decommodifying housing - so folks can build equity elsewhere. #affordablehousing
The Northern CLT Society (Whitehorse) is building 32 homes for (permanent!) affordable home ownership. 1, 2 + 3-BR homes, sold at less than 30% below market value.
Decommodifying housing - so folks can build equity elsewhere. #affordablehousing
Good insight on achieving scale (+ resilience) in community housing, from @sullivanray.bsky.social:
Small orgs don't need expertise in everything; they can team up! e.g. some #CommunityLandTrusts are focused on growth, dev + asset mgmt, allowing other orgs to focus on tenant supports + operations
Small orgs don't need expertise in everything; they can team up! e.g. some #CommunityLandTrusts are focused on growth, dev + asset mgmt, allowing other orgs to focus on tenant supports + operations
Community Housing Has a Size Problem – Canadian Housing & Renewal Association
chra-achru.ca
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Good insight on achieving scale (+ resilience) in community housing, from @sullivanray.bsky.social:
Small orgs don't need expertise in everything; they can team up! e.g. some #CommunityLandTrusts are focused on growth, dev + asset mgmt, allowing other orgs to focus on tenant supports + operations
Small orgs don't need expertise in everything; they can team up! e.g. some #CommunityLandTrusts are focused on growth, dev + asset mgmt, allowing other orgs to focus on tenant supports + operations
Interested in dipping your toes in impact investing + making a difference? There are opportunities here in #ottcity!
The #Ottawa Community Land Trust is currently offering Housing Forever Bonds. Earn a fair return while helping preserve housing affordability. www.oclt.ca/invest #affordablehousing
The #Ottawa Community Land Trust is currently offering Housing Forever Bonds. Earn a fair return while helping preserve housing affordability. www.oclt.ca/invest #affordablehousing
November 25, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Interested in dipping your toes in impact investing + making a difference? There are opportunities here in #ottcity!
The #Ottawa Community Land Trust is currently offering Housing Forever Bonds. Earn a fair return while helping preserve housing affordability. www.oclt.ca/invest #affordablehousing
The #Ottawa Community Land Trust is currently offering Housing Forever Bonds. Earn a fair return while helping preserve housing affordability. www.oclt.ca/invest #affordablehousing
Are folks down for a serious debate about rent control in Canada?
Solid overview from @ricardotranjan.bsky.social of different types of rent regulation, with some facts to guide a conversation.
#affordablehousing #rentcontrol #cdnpoli
Solid overview from @ricardotranjan.bsky.social of different types of rent regulation, with some facts to guide a conversation.
#affordablehousing #rentcontrol #cdnpoli
Why it's time for a serious debate about rent control in Canada
Ricardo Tranjan: Economic costs of soaring rents are too high to ignore potential benefits of some rent control options. Find out more here.
financialpost.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Are folks down for a serious debate about rent control in Canada?
Solid overview from @ricardotranjan.bsky.social of different types of rent regulation, with some facts to guide a conversation.
#affordablehousing #rentcontrol #cdnpoli
Solid overview from @ricardotranjan.bsky.social of different types of rent regulation, with some facts to guide a conversation.
#affordablehousing #rentcontrol #cdnpoli
"To truly tackle the housing crisis ... means embracing cross-sector collaboration, new financial models + bold policy changes" + aligning w climate, health policy
egs cited incl #communitybonds, S Georgian Bay Inst + Manitoba’s #AffordableHousing REIT; curious to watch the latter #socialinnovation
egs cited incl #communitybonds, S Georgian Bay Inst + Manitoba’s #AffordableHousing REIT; curious to watch the latter #socialinnovation
Housing - A System Under Strain - Social Innovation Canada
Affordable housing is a cornerstone of healthy, thriving communities. Without secure and accessible housing, people struggle to maintain stable jobs, access education, and stay healthy. Employers lose...
sicanada.org
November 24, 2024 at 6:48 PM
"To truly tackle the housing crisis ... means embracing cross-sector collaboration, new financial models + bold policy changes" + aligning w climate, health policy
egs cited incl #communitybonds, S Georgian Bay Inst + Manitoba’s #AffordableHousing REIT; curious to watch the latter #socialinnovation
egs cited incl #communitybonds, S Georgian Bay Inst + Manitoba’s #AffordableHousing REIT; curious to watch the latter #socialinnovation
(proud #HamOnt roots emerging): City will launch a social debenture prog + 2-yr pilot w/ prog guidelines for non-profits to acquire 100 units w/ goal of preparing for fed rental acquisition plan. Will include $5m for capital grants, 10-yr prop tax exemption + 40 rent supps for deep affordability.
November 24, 2024 at 4:40 PM
(proud #HamOnt roots emerging): City will launch a social debenture prog + 2-yr pilot w/ prog guidelines for non-profits to acquire 100 units w/ goal of preparing for fed rental acquisition plan. Will include $5m for capital grants, 10-yr prop tax exemption + 40 rent supps for deep affordability.
"w/ a view to increasing the supply of off-market housing, Montreal will continue its strategic building acquisition initiatives.... In 2024, 11 bldgs [518 hsg units] have been acquired [and] 5 bldgs [343 units] have been transferred to hsg orgs." (budget doc) (1/2)
montreal.ca/actualites/m...
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Montréal présente son budget 2025 et son PDI 2025-2034
Découvrez les détails du budget 2025 et du programme décennal d’immobilisations 2025-2034 de la Ville de Montréal.
montreal.ca
November 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
"w/ a view to increasing the supply of off-market housing, Montreal will continue its strategic building acquisition initiatives.... In 2024, 11 bldgs [518 hsg units] have been acquired [and] 5 bldgs [343 units] have been transferred to hsg orgs." (budget doc) (1/2)
montreal.ca/actualites/m...
montreal.ca/actualites/m...
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On #NationalHousingDay, I stand among 71 Councillors against the use of the Notwithstanding Clause to clear encampments. Municipalities need resources and evidence-based solutions to address the humanitarian crisis of encampments — not the suspension of people's Charter rights.
November 22, 2024 at 2:39 PM
On #NationalHousingDay, I stand among 71 Councillors against the use of the Notwithstanding Clause to clear encampments. Municipalities need resources and evidence-based solutions to address the humanitarian crisis of encampments — not the suspension of people's Charter rights.
"Homelessness is a housing problem. Forced treatment, enforcement and criminalization will not solve homelessness - the solution to encampments is housing."
Ontario: Invest in housing, expand access to treatment, increase income security, match the fed encampment funding.
www.homesnothandcuffs.ca
Ontario: Invest in housing, expand access to treatment, increase income security, match the fed encampment funding.
www.homesnothandcuffs.ca
November 21, 2024 at 6:55 PM
"Homelessness is a housing problem. Forced treatment, enforcement and criminalization will not solve homelessness - the solution to encampments is housing."
Ontario: Invest in housing, expand access to treatment, increase income security, match the fed encampment funding.
www.homesnothandcuffs.ca
Ontario: Invest in housing, expand access to treatment, increase income security, match the fed encampment funding.
www.homesnothandcuffs.ca
“We’re looking to recreate a hub for the Black community in Vancouver ... and to deliver additional affordable housing + social infrastructure.”
A highlight from last month's Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts Summit was a visit to Hogan's Alley Society (a Vancouver #CLT). Very exciting!
A highlight from last month's Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts Summit was a visit to Hogan's Alley Society (a Vancouver #CLT). Very exciting!
'A hub for the Black community:' Vancouver council approves mixed-use development
Vancouver city council approved a mixed-use development, with more than 100 social housing units, to be located at the intersection of Main and Union streets.
bc.ctvnews.ca
November 21, 2024 at 5:33 PM
“We’re looking to recreate a hub for the Black community in Vancouver ... and to deliver additional affordable housing + social infrastructure.”
A highlight from last month's Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts Summit was a visit to Hogan's Alley Society (a Vancouver #CLT). Very exciting!
A highlight from last month's Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts Summit was a visit to Hogan's Alley Society (a Vancouver #CLT). Very exciting!
Tomorrow! (Nov 21) - Hear from local #Ottawa voices / networks on how we as a community can advance affordable housing solutions!
(what better activity could there be on the eve of #NationalHousingDay?)
Registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/synapcity-...
(what better activity could there be on the eve of #NationalHousingDay?)
Registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/synapcity-...
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Tomorrow! (Nov 21) - Hear from local #Ottawa voices / networks on how we as a community can advance affordable housing solutions!
(what better activity could there be on the eve of #NationalHousingDay?)
Registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/synapcity-...
(what better activity could there be on the eve of #NationalHousingDay?)
Registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/synapcity-...
City of #Ottawa's Planning + Housing Cttee meets today to debate the 2025 draft budget re affordable #housing. New builds are critical! So too is preserving existing #affordablehousing (+ preventing evictions). Hoping we see some attention to both...
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Planning and Housing Committee - November 20, 2024
pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:26 PM
City of #Ottawa's Planning + Housing Cttee meets today to debate the 2025 draft budget re affordable #housing. New builds are critical! So too is preserving existing #affordablehousing (+ preventing evictions). Hoping we see some attention to both...
pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx...
pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx...
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So it’s OK for apartments and townhouses, but not for single family homes??
Ottawa takes aim at corporate investors buying single-family homes
The federal government’s consultation is asking the public if they are aware of specific examples in Canada or other jurisdictions where large corporate investors have contributed to what it called ‘h...
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:20 PM
So it’s OK for apartments and townhouses, but not for single family homes??
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November 19, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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