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NIPISSING DISTRICT COMMUNITY HOMEOWNERSHIP  ACTION GROUP

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CHAG thanks the support of Northern Credit Union and Caisse populaire North Bay Limitee.  True heroes in our community.

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Welcome to CHAG!

           183 First Avenue West

     North Bay, ON   P1B 3B8

472-0200

VISION

All citizens in the district of Nipissing have safe,

secure and affordable housing.

MISSION

CHAG, a grassroots coalition, facilitates the development of

safe, secure, affordable rent-to-own housing with citizens in need

in Nipissing District by forming cooperatives

 acquiring and renovating houses

mentoring and providing supports..

VALUES

* The RIGHT of all peoples to safe, secure and affordable housing

* An interdependent community and partnerships with the community and its people

*Professionalism in all our work

*Efficient, caring, effective, respectful and compassionate services

* Creativity and the right to always seek a better way

* Due process, openess and active listening

* Diversity

* Making a difference

* Life-long learning

* The courage to take a risk and meet challenges

*Honesty

* Supportive services that accepts people as they are

 

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One step closer to your own home!

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The environment will win when people live in a CHAG home. Once people own their own homes they can grow gardens filled with vegetables, herbs and flowers. Composting can take place as well. Run down neighbourhoods will be transformed, one house at a time, until the whole area is revitalized. It is the aim of CHAG to ensure that an energy audit is conducted so that each home will be renovated to be energy efficient.
 
A group of concerned citizens formed CHAG. They believe in civic responsibility and civic investment. The Board has mobilized community members through various presentations. Ultimately, the Board wanted to establish a program that would see citizens helping themselves through a form of housing that would foster self-reliance and stability within the community. A homeowner is less likely to move, thereby creating stability within the family unit and within the community.
 
CHAG impacts the community in terms of education, health and human services, the environment and through civic investment.

                      Last Updated: May 25, 2004

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