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Emergency Contingency Fund (ECF)

Description

Housing emergencies may arise due to an influx of demand (severe weather requiring additional people to be housed, sudden evictions) or a sudden loss of supply (loss of housing due to fire, floods, etc.). While emergency funding is available at the provincial level and through the Red Cross, these funds are often not as readily available or sufficient to meet the need.

 

The ECF is intended to bridge the funding gap between federal, provincial, and local housing emergency programming. 

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CHA works with local government to determine when and where funds are distributed. These funds are available until they have been exhausted.

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We acknowledge that we work within the traditional unceded territories of the Quw’utsun, Malahat, Ts’uubaa-asatx, Halalt, Penelakut, Stz’uminus, Lyackson, Pauquachin, Ditidaht, and Pacheedaht Peoples. They have been custodians of the land since time immemorial. We would like to pay our respect to the Elders and knowledge keepers, both past and present. We are grateful to live and work on these territories. We also affirm that colonialism, and the attitudes and practices that have accompanied it, contributes to the continued systemic discrimination and violence against Indigenous Peoples.

If you would like to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, arts, and heritage, visit: https://maps.fpcc.ca/languages

© 2023 Cowichan Housing Association

We are grateful to the following organizations for their ongoing support: 

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