Public registration is now open for the 2027 Home for Housing Convention & Trade Show, taking place March 22–24 at Westerner Park in Red Deer. 

The event brings Alberta’s seniors and community housing sector together, offering organizations an opportunity to connect with housing providers and sector decision-makers, showcase their products and services, and build relationships that can lead to new business opportunities and partnerships. Exhibitors and sponsors can position their organizations as valued partners in addressing the sector’s evolving needs while highlighting solutions that help shape the future of seniors and community housing.

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Preferred booth locations and sponsorship opportunities are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

CSLA Advocacy Delivers Work Permit Processing Changes
On Oct. 30, the Canadian Senior Living Association (CSLA) announced a response to its ongoing efforts to address immigration and workforce challenges facing Canada's senior living sector. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has updated its processing instructions so that work permit applications are no longer refused solely because a concurrent Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) application remains pending with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). CSLA has been advocating directly with federal officials to address the impact of LMIA processing delays on work permit applications. This is an important win for the senior living sector and, more importantly, for the dedicated individuals who have come, or are coming, from abroad to work in our senior living communities. This development demonstrates the impact of coordinated advocacy, and CSLA will continue working with federal officials to address immigration barriers affecting our sector. Read IRCC's updated guidance

Assisted Living Navigation Portal Expansion: Home and Community Care
The Assisted Living Navigation Portal has recently been expanded to include information and guidance related to home and community care services with the intention of helping individuals, families, caregivers, and care professionals gain a better understanding of the services available to them as well as how to access those services. The new content provides the following information:

• Home and community care services and eligibility requirements.
• How to request an assessment and what to expect during the process.
• Publicly funded home and community care services and the distinction between publicly funded and private-pay options.
• Types of home and community care service delivery models.
• Care team roles and service pathways.
• Supports available for caregivers, including respite care and adult day programs.

Alongside the new home and community care content, the overall user experience of the Portal has been updated with improved search and filtering capabilities, enhanced navigation, and guided pathways intended to help Albertans understand available services and identify next steps based on their circumstances.

ASCHA is advancing efforts to socialize our four key advocacy priorities: Optimization of Alberta’s Housing Continuum and Stock; Influencing Continuing Care Transformation; Capital Investment, Planning and Renewal; and Organizational Funding Models, Regulation, and Policy Reform. These priorities were identified and supported by our membership and advance the housing sector’s key positions on continuing care and assisted living, affordable and community housing, and Alberta’s Seniors Lodge Program. Through extensive data collection, research, member consultation, and collaboration with our allied organizations, partners, and government ministries, we have developed a framework document to communicate our findings and recommendations. The Right Housing, The Right Supports, The Right Time: A prevention-focused agenda for Alberta’s housing and supports system, positions housing as foundational to prevention and broader systems reform. This document outlines how the sector is responding to change, while navigating various issues impacting service delivery and achieving the housing and support goals of communities, and the province as a whole. The framework guides decisionmakers on how we can work to build a stronger housing and supports system that ensures more Albertans remain stable, connected, and supported in the places they choose to call home.