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As your buildings age over time, it’s important to know what will need to be fixed and when. Not to mention how much it will cost.

That’s where a building condition assessment (BCA) report comes in.

What is a Building Condition Assessment?

A BCA is a report prepared by a qualified consultant who

The Agency saw 2021 as a bridge year of transition from one reality to another. Once we’d made the crossing, 2022 looked like The Open Road to us.

The road ahead is full of possibilities.

In 2022, we began to work with co-ops that had been shut out from the Rental Assistance Program because their

The Agency’s director from the Prairies Region has now retired after serving three three-year terms. Ken McFarland will be missed for more than his stellar ability to dig into a set of financial statements.

A chartered accountant and former member of a Toronto housing co-operative, Ken served as

We’ve recently been reviewing the performance of our co-op housing portfolio over the years since CMHC entrusted us with its oversight in 2006. Here are a few fast facts we’d like to share with you.

Overall, our clients are continuing to do well, and we’d like to think our data-driven, risk-based

Treasurer Glenn Grignon of Sandy Hill Housing Co-op says the writing is on the wall.

Unlike most Ontario co-ops, which own their own land and buildings, this co-operative was developed on land leased from the University of Ottawa—and all leases have termination dates.

Although Glenn expects the

Donna Charbonneau has been many things and seen many places during her years in the co-operative housing movement. She began in 1993 as the co-ordinator of Newmarket Housing Co-operative, moving within a few years to Rainbow Circle, and then to Ramer’s Wood in Markham. The grassroots experience of

The Agency’s Annual Report describes 2024 as a dynamic year—a year when many things came together— a year of solid progress. This was our story in 2024.

We love to hear comments from co-op clients about the tools we built to support their administration of the Rental Assistance Program and we’ve