2020 Biannual Report on the Portfolio
Agency for Co-operative Housing
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Agency Clients in a Year of COVID-19
Date
12 October 2021
Every two years the Agency produces our Portfolio Performance Review, which goes to CMHC and is posted on our website in English and French. The review is based on information from co-ops’ Annual Information Returns, which we combine in different ways and compare with past results.
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2020 Rent Supplement Portfolio Report
Agency for Co-operative Housing
Our Data
In 1998 the proposal for a co-op housing agency promised that we would be a data-driven organization. To accomplish this, in 2006 we launched the Co-operative Housing Agency Information System (CHAIS), using state-of-the-art technology to store and analyze information from our clients.
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Working With the Agency’s Data
Date
14 April 2022
Are you a researcher or organization interested in data on housing co-operatives in Canada? If so, we have news for you!
Since the Agency’s early days in 2006, we have believed in the power of being a data-driven organization. To that end, we developed a robust information system to collect, store
2024 Annual Report
Agency for Co-operative Housing
Get Paid
Your co-operative is in the housing business, not the lending business. It has bills to pay and a building to keep up. You should keep this in mind when members don’t pay on time.
If a household doesn’t pay what it owes and moves out, the co-operative is left with a bad debt, which will have to be
Annual Health Check
Making Data-Driven Decisions for Housing Co-ops
The directors of Canada’s housing co-ops are elected to make the big business decisions for their co-operatives. And good business decisions are based on good information.
The Agency’s Annual Health Check service is your best source of the information
Our Story
Early in 1992, the federal government announced the end of its last program for developing new housing co-operatives. One year later, the other federal housing programs came to an end. The federal Budget of 1996 offered control of these legacy housing programs to the provinces and territories, but
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Capital Plans and Contributions
Comparing 2007 and 2020, we saw the median annual contributions per unit almost triple ($1,026 per unit to $3,052).