Media advisory - 2013 ONPHA conference

TORONTO, Oct. 11, 2013 /CNW/ -

What:	"Building on our Strengths" - The Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association's 25^th Annual Conference and Trade Show
	The Honourable Linda Jeffrey, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing will address delegates at the Opening Plenary of the ONPHA Conference and Trade Show.
	Father Greg Boyle, New York Times best-selling author and Executive Director of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the United States, will also address delegates as our keynote speaker.
	This is ONPHA's 25^th annual conference and trade show. This year's theme, Building on our strengths, highlights our delegates' commitment to learning as the administration and operation of non-profit housing becomes more complex. Over three days, our conference will bring together more than 1,100 delegates from the affordable housing sector, including landlords, tenants, and representatives of municipal and provincial government.
When:	Friday, October 18, 2013
	10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Where:	Toronto Sheraton Hotel
	123 Queen St. W.
	Toronto, ON   M5H 2M9  (Map: http://bit.ly/15ufxLB)
	Grand Ballroom, Lower Concourse
	Please check in at the Registration Desk on the Concourse level

Media are invited to attend.  Photography and audio-visual equipment are permitted.

For 25 years, the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (ONPHA) has been the voice of non-profit housing in Ontario.  Our 770 member organizations operate more than 163,000 non-profit housing units in over 220 communities in Ontario. They provide affordable homes to a diverse range of tenants, including: seniors; low-income families with children; Aboriginal people; the working poor; victims of violence and abuse; people living with developmental disabilities, mental illness, addictions and HIV/AIDS; and the formerly homeless/hard-to-house.

SOURCE: Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (ONPHA)

Media contact:

John Wilson
Manager, Communications & Marketing
Office: 416-927-9144, ext. 113
On-site: [phone]

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www.onpha.on.ca
www.facebook.com/ONPHA 
www.twitter.com/ONPHA
www.youtube.com/ONPHAjm
www.housingopensdoors.ca