22 November 2017
Housing Need Stable in Canada, 1.7 Million Canadian Households Affected
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and Statistics Canada, are releasing the core housing need figures from...
News
24 July 2017
Curious about Energy Audits? Start here!
“People spend 80 - 90% of their time indoors - at work, school and home. An efficient building maintains moderate...
1 July 2017
Green Corner: The Agency and Greenhouse Gases (Our Own)
For many reasons, the Agency puts its heart and soul into encouraging our clients to work for environmental...
5 May 2017
Your Insurance and Legal Grow Ops
Under new federal rules introduced in August 2016, landlords have little recourse if a tenant is growing licenced...
1 May 2017
BC Affordable Housing Plan
The Co-operative Housing Federation of BC (CHFBC), in association with the BC Non-Profit Housing Association, Vancity...
9 March 2017
New Hope for Vancouver Co-ops on Leased Land
Vancouver City Council adopted a report that will lead to long-term security of tenure for up to 50 housing co-ops on...
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...
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...
Tip of the Month
Co-ops without Paid Managers
Since 2007, the percentage of co-ops without paid help is down by more than half to a mere 2% of Agency clients. Another 12% just have a lonely bookkeeper.