2021 Utility Allowances
Date
19 April 2021
CMHC has provided the Agency with the 2021 utility allowances.
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Temporary Rental Assistance Funding goes to 102 Co-ops
Date
14 May 2021
Late last year the Agency swung into action at CMHC’s call. We were asked to get temporary rental assistance to co-ops whose operating agreements had ended before 2016. (These co-op were locked out of the new Rental Assistance Program because their agreements had expired too early.)
Led by retired
A Regional Energy Coach: CHF Canada’s Brave New Idea
Date
15 July 2021
Introducing Irfaan Hasham, CHF Canada’s new Regional Energy Coach (REC)!
Many of CHF Canada’s member co-ops are looking to improve their energy efficiency. Now there’s expert help available. Irfaan can recommend building work that will help you save money on energy. He can also guide you towards a
Action Plan Basics
Arrears Management Tip Sheet
Agency for Co-operative Housing
Action Plan: Planning to Act! - Updated from 18 October 2021
Date
24 November 2021
“Failing to plan means planning to fail.” We’ve all heard someone say that. Planning is hard, important work, but it’s just got easier owing to some help from the Agency.
Timing
CMHC’s Rental Assistance Program (FCHI-2) requires co-ops to complete an Action Plan covering their next three years
Regional Energy Coaches Pilot Program
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
2020 Rent Supplement Portfolio Report
Agency for Co-operative Housing
Who Does What?
Managing Your Business
Housing co-operatives are small businesses formed to provide housing for their members. They prosper best when they are fully occupied and members pay their housing charges in full and on time.
A housing co-op is not a complex business, but it takes work to keep it going. As the steward of your
Tip of the Month
Co-ops without Paid Managers
Since 2007, the percentage of co-ops without paid help is down by more than half to a mere 2% of Agency clients. Another 12% just have a lonely bookkeeper.