Union Co-operative
@unioncoopwr.bsky.social
Working to buy and build residential & commercial properties in Waterloo Region for permanent affordability and community ownership.
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Proud to see the affordable housing property tax exemption program that we helped to design continue to spread across Waterloo Region. Way to go Wilmot Township! #MunicipalLeadership #AffordableHousing
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Wilmot Township approves 20-year tax exemption for new affordable housing
The policy offers a 20-year property tax exemption for affordable housing developments led by non-profit and cooperative housing providers.
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June 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Proud to see the affordable housing property tax exemption program that we helped to design continue to spread across Waterloo Region. Way to go Wilmot Township! #MunicipalLeadership #AffordableHousing
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"The Waterloo Region chapter of Shelter Movers has been helping individuals and families move their belongings from homes where they have been facing intimate partner violence for the past five years."
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April 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"The Waterloo Region chapter of Shelter Movers has been helping individuals and families move their belongings from homes where they have been facing intimate partner violence for the past five years."
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Congratulations @beyondhousing.ca and WCSWR on this exciting and important announcement!
"A new deeply affordable development in Kitchener will see 20 townhomes built for women who are victims of intimate partner violence, and their children."
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"A new deeply affordable development in Kitchener will see 20 townhomes built for women who are victims of intimate partner violence, and their children."
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Deeply affordable townhomes coming to Kitchener for victims of intimate partner violence
A new deeply-affordable development in Kitchener will see 20 townhomes built for women who are victims of intimate partner violence, and their children.
www.therecord.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Congratulations @beyondhousing.ca and WCSWR on this exciting and important announcement!
"A new deeply affordable development in Kitchener will see 20 townhomes built for women who are victims of intimate partner violence, and their children."
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"A new deeply affordable development in Kitchener will see 20 townhomes built for women who are victims of intimate partner violence, and their children."
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Emily and the rest of the Caroline Co-operative team did an incredible job! We are happy to have played a very small part by sharing our experiences and reviewing plans.
The Caroline Co-operative will definitely be a model for other tenant communities across Ontario!
The Caroline Co-operative will definitely be a model for other tenant communities across Ontario!
Neat to see tenants banding together to buy out their rental building and turn it into a co-op
CBC Hamilton
Residents in a building in Hamilton's Durand neighbourhood celebrated the holidays this month with food in one unit and games in another — and it wasn't just the Christmas spirit that brought them together.
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Residents in a building in Hamilton's Durand neighbourhood celebrated the holidays this month with food in one unit and games in another — and it wasn't just the Christmas spirit that brought them together.
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December 30, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Emily and the rest of the Caroline Co-operative team did an incredible job! We are happy to have played a very small part by sharing our experiences and reviewing plans.
The Caroline Co-operative will definitely be a model for other tenant communities across Ontario!
The Caroline Co-operative will definitely be a model for other tenant communities across Ontario!
"There are plans for studio apartments all the way to four-bedroom townhouse units. There are plans for outdoor patios, plazas, gardens, parks and bicycle trails as well as ground-floor commercial space and possibly a daycare. Two parking garages are proposed."
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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.
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November 30, 2024 at 3:31 PM
"There are plans for studio apartments all the way to four-bedroom townhouse units. There are plans for outdoor patios, plazas, gardens, parks and bicycle trails as well as ground-floor commercial space and possibly a daycare. Two parking garages are proposed."
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EXCITING NEWS! A new City of Waterloo staff report recommends that Council identify BUILD NOW as the preferred proponents for the development of 1,000 affordable and attainable homes - including ownership & rental homes.
As a member of BUILD NOW, Union Co-operative is very excited!
As a member of BUILD NOW, Union Co-operative is very excited!
November 28, 2024 at 10:08 PM
EXCITING NEWS! A new City of Waterloo staff report recommends that Council identify BUILD NOW as the preferred proponents for the development of 1,000 affordable and attainable homes - including ownership & rental homes.
As a member of BUILD NOW, Union Co-operative is very excited!
As a member of BUILD NOW, Union Co-operative is very excited!
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"The number of people experiencing homelessness in Waterloo Region more than doubled to 2,371 during the past three years, Waterloo Region’s latest 'point-in-time count' shows."
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Latest count finds 2,371 people experiencing homelessness in Waterloo Region
The region and more than 40 community partners completed the count on Oct. 22 as part of the nationally co-ordinated Reaching Home Program: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy.
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November 27, 2024 at 7:17 PM
"The number of people experiencing homelessness in Waterloo Region more than doubled to 2,371 during the past three years, Waterloo Region’s latest 'point-in-time count' shows."
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