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Ray Sullivan

@sullivanray.bsky.social
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Affordable housing geek. Day job with the Canadian Housing & Renewal Association. Posts are personal. So is cycling.

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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association is keeping track of housing commitments in the federal election: chra-achru.ca/federal-elec...
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Federal Election 2025 - Canadian Housing & Renewal Association
CHRA Federal Election Campaign: Take action for community housing The upcoming federal election presents a crucial opportunity to push for real solutions
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Here’s a nation-building project i can get behind: New Report Calls for Canada to Double its Supply of Non-Market Housing
money.ca
New report calls for Canada to double its non-market housing
Non-market housing is permanent rental housing owned and managed by a non-profit organization, a co-operative, an Indigenous provider or a municipal or provincial government
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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 04/03/2025
Build public housing for Canadians. IMHO, a "Made In Canada" response to the economic threat from the US recognizes and prioritizes social stability as good for the economy, not the other way around.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Faced with economic threats and challenges to our sovereignty from the White House, Canadians are scrambling for ways to create economic resiliency and protection against the coming instability. Read on: chra-achru.ca/blog_article...
chra-achru.ca
Housing, Jobs, and Economic Resilience: Canada’s Path Forward - Canadian Housing & Renewal Association
Housing, Jobs, and Economic Resilience: Canada's Path Forward   Faced with economic threats and challenges to our sovereignty from the White House,
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Unmet promises put urban Indigenous last in line for housing torontosun.com/opinion/colu...
torontosun.com
OPINION: Unmet promises put urban Indigenous last in line for housing
For more than a decade, the Indigenous community housing professionals have been pushing for a national Indigenous housing strategy.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
As usual, Duncan gets it right. He’s writing about Scotland, but the parallels to housing in Canada are spot on. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion... www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
scotsman.com
Stop talking about housing as a national emergency - and use the three Ps to get a grip on it
We should stop talking about housing as a national emergency, writes Professor Duncan Maclennan
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Let’s face facts – our economy lacked resiliency before Trump 2.0, and his return to power is only making a bad situation worse. Here’s what I’m thinking: chra-achru.ca/blog_article...
chra-achru.ca
Housing, Jobs, and Economic Resilience: Canada’s Path Forward - Canadian Housing & Renewal Association
Housing, Jobs, and Economic Resilience: Canada's Path Forward   Faced with economic threats and challenges to our sovereignty from the White House,
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
60% of Canadians are correct.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
61% of Canadians are correct.
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Stephane OCH @stephaneoch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
With vacancy rates at their lowest in many cities - It is even more important to continue investing in preserving our assets and increasing supply @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social @sullivanray.bsky.social @jasonthorne.bsky.social
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Time for Tesla Tariffs Canada
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Trump says America has ‘all the trees’ it needs. But fixing the housing crisis may mean depending on Canadian wood
cnn.com
Trump says America has ‘all the trees’ it needs. But fixing the housing crisis may mean depending on Canadian wood | CNN Business
President Donald Trump has frequently quipped that “we don’t need” products from Canada.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
« The idea that your right to live in a neighbourhood that’s frozen in time is more important than someone else’s rights to have a home? This needs to shift. »
thestar.com
Parking woes that axed N.L. housing part of ‘not in my backyard’ trend, experts say
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Concerns over a lack of parking that led councillors in St. John's, N.L., to axe a proposal for affordable housing last week are part of a
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Pellerin: Ask your election candidates how they'll prevent renovictionshttps://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/pellerin-ask-your-election-candidates-how-theyll-prevent-renovictions
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Dear Belmont neighbours: your “right” to a live on a block frozen in time does not trump someone else’s right to have a home.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
In Ontario, municipalities cover 51% of the costs to address homelessness. That’s the order of government with the least financial capacity. It’s not working. Time for the Province to step up.
thestar.com
‘This is the floor, not the ceiling’: More than 80,000 people were homeless in Ontario in 2024, report finds
Children and young adults account for nearly 25 per cent of people experiencing chronic homelessness, the report said.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Cut through the political noise, and focus on getting things done. Here’s an overdue and outstanding commitment on housing that needs your support.
chra-achru.ca
Calls to Action on Indigenous Housing - Canadian Housing & Renewal Association
Calls to Action on Indigenous Housing As rural, urban, and northern Indigenous housing providers and allies we can wait no longer. What's at stake is $2.8
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
30% Of LA fires are being fought by inmates They’re being paid between 16¢ to 74¢ an hour. They’re fed a bologna sandwich and an apple while fighting the fires. www.forbes.com/sites/dougme...
forbes.com
Due To “Slavery Clause,” 30% Of LA Fires Are Being Fought By Inmates
30% of those battling the Los Angeles wildfires are Inmates firefighters. There maximum day rate of $10.24 is due to the 13th Amendment's 'Slavery Clause'. Is this fair?
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Cut through the political noise, and focus on getting things done. Here’s an overdue and outstanding commitment on housing that needs your support.
chra-achru.ca
Calls to Action on Indigenous Housing - Canadian Housing & Renewal Association
Calls to Action on Indigenous Housing As rural, urban, and northern Indigenous housing providers and allies we can wait no longer. What's at stake is $2.8
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I’m afraid of Americans
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Worth a good read abacusdata.ca/abacus-data-...
abacusdata.ca
Beyond Left and Right: The Ideological Dimensions of Canadians and What it Means for 2025 - Abacus Data
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
The health costs of homelessness are massive. So are the economic costs. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: The homelessness epidemic is a health crisis, but also an economic one
People can’t be expected to recover from addiction or live healthier lives if they don’t have a place to call home
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
What should Nate Erskine-Smith make a priority in his short window as housing minister? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Justin Ling: This new Liberal minister has a tiny window of time to ease the housing crisis. He just might do it
Nate Erskine-Smith is one of the rare Liberals who seems to have some idea of what to do about housing.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
This government is taking their foot off the gas pedal, just when we need them to accelerate and beat the housing crisis chra-achru.ca/news/fall-ec...
chra-achru.ca
Fall Economic Statement 2024: a missed opportunity - Canadian Housing & Renewal Association
(December 16, 2024) - Today, the federal government presented the Fall Economic Statement. We know the ongoing and deepening housing crisis is a key
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 16/12/2024
Embargoed copies of the Fall Economic Statement were supposed to be released to journalists at 10 AM (Chrystia Freeland announced her resignation at 9:07 AM) It is now 12 noon and confused Finance Canada officials say they still don’t know when the FES (hidden under this cloth) will be released
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 16/12/2024
Et tu, Brute? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Justin Ling: Chrystia Freeland’s exit seals it: Justin Trudeau’s government is falling apart
Trudeau didn't just lose another cabinet minister Monday, he lost one leg of the rickety three-legged stool that runs his government.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
Sean Fraser to leave federal cabinet as PMO pushes to add Mark Carney | CBC News
Housing Minister Sean Fraser will announce on Monday that he will not seek re-election in his Nova Scotia riding and will leave the federal cabinet during the next shuffle, CBC News has learned.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The Parliamentary Budget Officer released an analysis of the National Housing strategy yesterday. It’s not great news: www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati... Buckle up for a 🧵
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Federal Spending on Housing Affordability in 2024
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The saddest graffiti.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I have achieved peak @cwhitzman.bsky.social : reading the book at the airport, while listening to Carolyn on Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s Uncommons podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/75qW...
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
#Housers at the @canurb.bsky.social State of Cities Summit
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Celebrating a new affordable housing development by Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Increasing Canada’s non-profit housing supply to 7% of all housing will improve economic productivity between 5.7% and 9.3%
chra-achru.ca
Economic Study: The Impact of Community Housing on Productivity – Canadian Housing & Renewal Association
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Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa @ottawaalliance.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
As @arieltroster.bsky.social points out, homelessness is not inevitable: it was a policy decision, and we can also choose to end it. But it will take support from all levels of government to do so. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/tros...
ottawacitizen.com
Troster: Solving Ottawa's homelessness crisis requires provincial and federal help
We know the solutions to opioid and homelessness problems, but these require more resources.
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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This Thursday is our live-streamed event! Join us for presentations by local experts (@bpincott.bsky.social & #ElmwoodGuy of #DearWinnipeg), an interactive panel, and learn how you can support denser housing! Panel with @mmarginet.bsky.social, @kaphryn.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/vidgVjg...
Bringing Housing Home - Making the Housing Accelerator Fund a Reality
Thursday, November 28th from 7 - 9pm at
90 Sinclair St - Sergeant Tommy Prince Place and live on YouTube!
Featuring presentations by
- Michel Durand-Wood (Elmwood Guy), “Dear Winnipeg” author
- Brian Pincott, Former Calgary City Councillor
Panelists include
- Michel Durand-Wood, Dear Winnipeg
- Richard Mahé, City of Winnipeg HAF Manager
- Mel Marginet, Green Action Centre
- Kathryn Davies - More Neighbours Calgary
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Politics trumps data on bike lanes.
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: The bike lane debate isn’t a war on cycling – it’s a war on data
Ripping up bike lanes based on misplaced frustration is bad policy
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Here is version 1 of a Canadian Housing starter pack. I’m sure I missed some folks, and others who are joining BlueSky daily, so message me to tell me who I missed.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
A great Housing on the Hill Day with the Canadian Housing & Renewal Association - bringing the voice of community housing to Parliament Hill chra-achru.ca/housing-on-t...
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Seriously the best quote from a conservation officer: “They're not predisposed to wearing clothes" he says. "Even if you can get close enough to the wildlife to put it in a sweater or a jacket or boots or what have you, we recommend highly against that."
bc.ctvnews.ca
Deer spotted wearing high-visibility safety jacket in Northern B.C.
Andrea Arnold is used to having to slow down to let deer cross the road in her Northern B.C. community. But this weekend she saw something that made her pull over and snap a photo.
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Mike Bulthuis @mikebulthuis.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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
oclt.ca
Invest – Ottawa Community Land Trust
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Here is version 1 of a Canadian Housing starter pack. I’m sure I missed some folks, and others who are joining BlueSky daily, so message me to tell me who I missed.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Let’s talk about size. Let’s talk about the size of the community housing sector, and let’s talk about the size of our community housing providers. Spoiler alert: we’re too small on both counts.
chra-achru.ca
Community Housing Has a Size Problem – Canadian Housing & Renewal Association
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Let’s get this straight: the federal government is about to spend $645,000,000 by sending $250 cheques to people who earn over $100k. What else could Canada do with $645 million?
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Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁 @cathycrowe.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
#TBT November 22 is considered National Housing Day in 🇨🇦. It marks the day Big City mayors supported the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee’s call that #homelessness was a national disaster.
Front page newspaper headline showing a homeless man under a bridge. Caption: plight of the homeless a national disaster.
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Four nominees for drivers who could have tried harder to NOT kill me cycling today: 1. Taxi driver who blocked the bike lane then reversed into me 2. Minivan driver who made a sudden turn into a parking lot, across the bike lane with no signal 3&4. Two drivers who ran the red light when I had green
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Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
CHRA calls for Canada to more than double the supply of community housing in the next decade, and then aim for 20% of all housing in the following generation.
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