Managing Your Business
Housing co-operatives are small businesses formed to provide housing for their members. They prosper best when they are fully occupied and members pay their housing charges in full and on time.
A housing co-op is not a complex business, but it takes work to keep it going. As the steward of your business, your board’s job is to see that the business thrives so that members’ homes are not only affordable, but a good place to live.
How-to information and resources can help your co-op succeed, but your board, staff and members will have to do the work yourselves.
Hundreds have done it and so can your co-op. Let’s get started.
Resources
Rent Supplements Program Guide for Ontario Co-ops
Ontario Annual Income and Asset Review Form
2024 Rental Assistance Portfolio Review
Tips for Staying Safe Online
Ransomware Protection Checklist
Safe Housing: Cyber Security for Boards and Staff
News
Know Where Your Co-op Stands with the Performance Report
We’re all warned against “keeping up with the Joneses,” but for housing co-ops, knowing how you’re doing financially and...
Risk Ratings Improve Across Co-op Portfolio
From our early beginnings, one of the primary tools the Agency has used to help co-ops improve their operations is their...
Tip of the Month
No Vacancy Loss
28% of Agency clients lost no money to vacancies last year. Good, if this means members chose to stay in their units. Bad, if new members moved into units that hadn’t been refreshed.