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Lobbying by CHRA Canadian Housing and Renewal Association: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.

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Organization

CHRA Canadian Housing and Renewal Association

Meetings this Parliament
51
With MPs
7
Since Nov 2021
181
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 18, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Dec 31, 2025 Receives government funding

Filed by Raymond Sullivan, Executive Director

Lobbyists

  • Kenneth Milner · Director of Policy and Government Relations
  • Raymond Sullivan · Executive Director
  • Vena Beckford · Director of Indigenous Housing Policy & Programs

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada

What they're lobbying on (11)
  • Simplifying or clarifying tax rules that impede the effective operations or development of community housing.
  • The creation of an incentives for private sector investment in affordable housing projects, while maintaining non-profit and municipal management.
  • Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.
  • That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing.
  • That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.
  • That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing
  • That the government leverage federally owned land for the use of creating housing.
  • Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products
  • Investing in a Canada Community Housing Growth Fund aimed at building a strong and robust community housing sector in Canada.
  • The full and timely rollout of the Rental Protection Fund to support community housing providers to buy existing rental properties and preserve affordability.
  • Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

Registration 950379-233781-38. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Raymond Sullivan (180), Jeff Morrison (1).

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Valesa Faria · Senior Vice-President, Partnership and Development, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Janet Goulding · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Matt de Vlieger · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products Read more

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Valesa Faria · Senior Vice-President, Partnership and Development, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework. Read more

    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Mary-Liz Power · Director of Policy, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Sanjana Shah · Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada. Read more

    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Matt de Vlieger · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework. Read more

    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing.

    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Caroline Desrochers · Parliamentary Secretary, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Investing in a Canada Community Housing Growth Fund aimed at building a strong and robust community housing sector in Canada. Read more

    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing.

    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Ana Bailao · CEO, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Jean Lamirande · Vice President, Policy and Operations, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework. Read more

    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Eamonn Schwartz · Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Mary-Liz Power · Director of Policy Housing, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing. Read more

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Janet Goulding · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Matt de Vlieger · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada. Read more

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Yash Nanda · Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products Read more

    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    That the government leverage federally owned land for the use of creating housing.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Jean Lamirande · Vice President, Policy and Operations, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing Read more

    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Eamonn Schwartz · Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products Read more

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Janet Goulding · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Matt de Vlieger · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada. Read more

    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Valesa Faria · Senior Vice-President, Partnership and Development, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing Read more

    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing.

    That the government leverage federally owned land for the use of creating housing.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Gregor Robertson · Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Eamonn Schwartz · Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing Read more

    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing.

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Janet Goulding · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Matt de Vlieger · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing. Read more

    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Janet Goulding · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Matt de Vlieger · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Investing in a Canada Community Housing Growth Fund aimed at building a strong and robust community housing sector in Canada. Read more

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Valessa Faria · Senior Vice-President, Partnership and Development, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Janet Goulding · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework. Read more

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Janet Goulding · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework. Read more

    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing.

    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework. Read more

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products

    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Eamonn Schwartz · Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing Read more

    Upcoming and future federal budgets with respect to policies and programs that will support the creation, renewal, or operation of non-market, affordable, social, or community housing across Canada.

    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework.

    That the federal government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial governments to create shared housing initiatives to develop a stronger community housing sector in Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Ana Bailao · CEO, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Jean Lamirande · Vice President, Policy and Operations, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing. Read more

    Provide stabilized pre-development funding for community housing providers to ensure that there is a strong development pipeline of affordable housing products

    That the government leverage federally owned land for the use of creating housing.

    That the government make a long-term commitment of funding and financing designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of community housing

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    Recognizing that the federal government has a permanent role in supporting community housing through ongoing rental subsidies, backed by a predictable, long-term funding framework. Read more

    That the government leverage federally owned land for the use of creating housing.

    Official report

  • Reported by Raymond Sullivan · In-house (organization)

    • Eamonn Schwartz · Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    That the government provide funding and financing to support the growth of for-Indigenous, by-Indigenous urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing.

    Official report

From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.