Federal Election Toolkit for Seniors Living
The Canadian Seniors Living Association (CSLA) has launched an advocacy toolkit to assist seniors living providers and its member associations with joint messages out to candidates and party leaders during this federal election season.  The toolkit frames out three key priorities for cost-effective policy changes that will have positive effects for the sector and those we serve.

Take Action for Community Housing - 2025 Federal Election Campaign 
The upcoming federal election presents a crucial opportunity to push for real solutions to Canada’s housing crisis. CHRA, in partnership with the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Habitat for Humanity Canada, and the Canadian Real Estate Association, have launched a joint campaign to make community housing a top election issue. Their election toolkit can be found here and puts forth 10 key recommendations to combat Canada’s housing crisis, as well as actions we can all take to advocate together. 

The Winter 2025 Issue of ASCHA’s Associate Member Directory has been released – and just in time for our Home for Housing Convention & Trade Show! The Directory aims to assist our Regular Members in finding ASCHA-preferred service providers for products, project assistance, and consulting services. Each listing is categorized based on the products/services provided by our highly qualified Associate Members, who have extensive experience in serving the seniors and community housing sector. Thank you to all the Associate Members who submitted their information! You can view the directory here, and we recommend circulating it with everyone in your organization that makes purchasing or contractor decisions.

End the Housing Game: A Call for Federal Action

Helping Keep Residents Active

Training to provide high-quality, dynamic, and effective fitness experiences to residents is available through a partnership between ASCHA and StrongerU Senior Fitness. Seniors can have difficulty getting enough exercise, so this training was developed to help Activity and Wellness or other employees, gain the tools and skills to help their residents reach the activity levels recommended by older adult physical activity guidelines. There is also the DROM Instructor program for seniors that members’ employees can take. It’s a combination of drumming and mindfulness. Learn more about the program and the discount for ASCHA Members.

ASCHA’s Summary and Analysis of Budget 2025 presents an overview of what this provincial budget means for Alberta’s community housing, seniors housing, and continuing care providers, as well as the tenants/residents you serve. Overall, Budget 2025 is a “good news” budget for housing providers. At a time when provinces are looking for risk mitigation measures due to the projected impacts of tariffs and revenue constraints, we are seeing increases across the board to housing and continuing care initiatives. This funding is crucial to support affordability measures for Albertans, prioritize housing and support solutions, and aid the implementation of major systemic overhauls that have long been overdue.

We see many of the recommendations presented in our 2025 Pre-Budget Submission addressed, and we applaud the policy decisions that put the needs of Albertans first, despite pressure to show restraint.

We welcome thoughts, questions, and requests for clarity, and we will continue to track allocations and impacts in the coming months.