2022 Biannual Report on the Portfolio
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Agency Clients and their Performance
Date
24 August 2023
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
Donna Charbonneau, Retiring Director, Operations
Date
13 December 2023
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 Still Point: The Agency’s 2024 Annual Report
Date
11 August 2025
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
Our Accountability
The Agency is open about what we do and how well we do it. We are accountable to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), to our founding organization and member, the Co‑operative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF Canada), and to our client housing co-operatives. CMHC and CHF Canada both
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Capital Reserve Balance
61% of Agency clients hold a capital reserve balance of at least $6,000 per unit. By almost doubling the amount from 2007, co-ops are nearly twice as ready to meet their future needs.