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Housing Co-ops Adopt the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, the United Nations (UN) and its member states adopted seventeen goals known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to help “end all forms of poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind” by the year 2030.
The International Co-operative
The Importance of Good Internal Financial Controls
Good Internal Financial Controls are important to keep everyone honest. In the latest HomeRun Good Practices video, we hear from Access Co-op, COHO Management, and Bridletowne Circle Co-op. Each share their role in keeping good internal financial controls, along with sound advice based on lived
Improved Model Management Services Agreement
The Agency has updated its Model Management Services Agreement and developed it as a fillable PDF document, greatly simplifying the steps to prepare a contract. Changes to the contract reflect the feedback we received through an extensive consultation with sector organizations and management
Co-Investment Fund will Help Modernize Existing Stock and Fund More Housing
This spring, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) launched the National Housing Co-Investment Fund as part of the federal government’s National Housing Strategy. The Fund supports the creation or repair of affordable homes across the country. The goals of the program are
- create 60,000
Sustainability Survey Summary Report
Marketing and Maintenance Checklist
Ontario Gas Companies Offer Energy-Saving Programs
We may be in the depths of winter, but we can still save energy while staying warm. Enbridge Gas and Union Gas have announced several free Ontario-wide programs that will help qualified co-ops and their members save money and energy this winter.
Enbridge Gas
Enbridge Gas has a no-fuss application
National Housing Co-Investment Fund Criteria
In July 2018, we reported on CMHC’s National Housing Co-Investment Fund as an opportunity for Agency clients. Interest in this loan and grant program is growing; to date Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has received in excess of 200 applications since April. In response to feedback
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Good Vacancy Loss
Some vacancy loss is by choice, because units are being refreshed for new members. So not a loss but an investment.