Managing Your Business
Partners in Your Success
Explore great business resources from the Agency, the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, CMHC and other sources.
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
Rental Assistance Program Tips and Tricks - Edition Number 1 2025
2025 Utility Allowances for Ontario
2025 Utility Allowances for Alberta
2025 Utility Allowances for British Columbia
News
8 October 2025
Data Shows Directors in Arrears is a Declining Risk and a Rising Standard of Good Management
Over the last twenty years, the Agency has made significant strides in helping housing co-operatives address the issue...
25 September 2025
Risk Matters for Your Co-op
Every year, every Agency client housing co-op receives a Risk Assessment Report. It is one of the most valuable tools...
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.