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What was 2021 like for the Agency and our clients? Our annual report is calling it a bridge year—the year when we began to cross from one reality to another.  

Almost two-thirds of you had moved to CMHC’s Rental Assistance Program (FCHI-2) by year end. When our clients change, the Agency changes

We’re pleased to announce the official launch of our online Rental Assistance Calculator.  

This tool was developed to help co-ops in the Rental Assistance Program (FCHI-2) calculate assisted charges, track their total use of assistance, and submit their year-end reconciliation.  

While developing

This month, the Agency is excited to welcome a new batch of co-op clients to the Rental Assistance Program (FCHI-2).

After the federal government’s announcement of $118.2 million in new funding earlier this year, co-ops with operating agreements that expired before April 2016 were able to sign on

A refuge for activists who strive for social justice in the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side 

A roof garden with a heart-lifting view that looks to the ocean and the loom of mountains 

Affordable housing in expensive Vancouver 

Bosky pocket-garden terraces and a meeting room with a full

Every year, Agency clients ask their auditor to web-file their Annual Information Return (AIR) to fulfill their annual filing obligation under their CMHC agreement four months after the end of their fiscal year. The annual filing also includes your co-op’s audited financial statements, signed board

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