Last week marked the release of the 2022 federal budget and it contained great news for the housing co-operative movement in Canada.
The budget contains $1.5 billion in funding and loans dedicated to co-operative housing to help create 6,000 for a new generation of co-op homes across Canada.
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The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has made some changes to the Community Housing Preservation Fund that will make it easier for you to apply.
The Preservation Fund exists to help your co-op and other housing providers complete activities that support the preservation of your
Interested in improving energy efficiency in your co-op? Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) outlines the benefits: cost-effectiveness, comfortable, healthy living conditions and care for the environment. While Natural Resources is thinking about private housing, co-ops can use many of the tips on
The co-op housing sector, which includes the Agency, has created many resources on building condition assessments and why your co-op needs one.
The building condition assessment (BCA) and reserve-fund study (RFS) are two separate reports, but they work together. Sometimes when people ask about a
There’s good news for co-ops who are looking to move forward on their path to sustainability and better energy efficiency.
CMHC recently launched the Canada Greener Affordable Housing Program, which has two streams of funding available to help co-ops and other community housing providers.
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8% of Agency clients have board members in arrears. Good work, especially in a COVID year. In 2007, 28% reported director arrears.