5 December 2016
Province of BC Provides $2 Million to Assist Low-Income Co-op Households
Up to 300 low-income co-op households will benefit from the BC government’s $2 million in assistance to make their homes...
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20 October 2016
Revolutionizing Affordable Housing: CMHC’s New Affordable Rental Innovation Fund
The goal of the Affordable Rental Innovation Fund is to encourage new funding models and innovative building techniques...
17 October 2016
GST/HST Rebates: Is Your Housing Co-op at Risk of Losing Them?
The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF Canada)’s new bulletin helps federal co-ops determine future...
1 September 2016
Ontario Social Infrastructure Fund
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the Honourable Chris Ballard...
24 August 2016
Coverage for Loss of Housing Charges
Being under-insured puts a co-op at risk. Insurance protects against a misfortune that strikes without warning. In a...
25 July 2016
Prepayment of Long Term Non Renewable Loans with CMHC
On June 11th, 2016, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister...
6 April 2016
Automatic Subsidy Repayment
The money in a co-op’s Subsidy Surplus Reserve is not allowed to grow beyond $500 per unit plus interest. Anything more...
29 February 2016
Information Worth Paying For
By this time, all Agency clients know that we encourage you to invest in—or update—a building condition assessment (BCA)...
29 February 2016
A New Approach to Subsidy Repayment
S95 co-ops are well aware that their Subsidy Surplus Reserve is not allowed to grow beyond $500 per unit plus interest...
29 February 2016
A Membership that Truly Understands
We’ve learnt from your feedback that many co-ops are not sharing their Plain-Language Financials with their members...
1 January 2016
Ontario Electricity Support Program
The Agency has learned about several Ontario programs that can help co-ops and their members save energy—and money...
23 December 2015
SAVE ON ENERGY for Co-op Housing
This program is delivered through participating local electrical utilities. It involves energy-efficient incentives for...
8 October 2015
Recouping your Loss from Fraud
The Agency has discovered that some housing co-operatives victimized by fraud are unable to collect on their insurance...
Tip of the Month
Management Trend
The trend to hire management companies continues. 58% of co-ops hire management companies, compared to 28% that employ independent staff as their managers.