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Audit Fees on the Rise for Housing Co-ops
Date
12 May 2025
In recent years, with sustained high inflation affecting many goods and services, we looked at the audit fee data reported by housing co-ops in our portfolio.
Our analysis shows that audit fees are on the rise. Specifically, from 2022 to 2025, the average annual increase for housing co-op audit
2025 Utility Allowances for Ontario
2018 Utility Allowances for Alberta
Date
27 February 2018
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has provided the Agency with the 2018 utility allowances for Alberta.
2018 Utility Allowances for BC
Date
1 January 2018
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has provided the Agency with the 2018 utility allowances for BC.
2018 Utility Allowances for Ontario
Date
1 January 2018
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has provided the Agency with the 2018 utility allowances for Ontario.
2018 Utility Allowances for Prince Edward Island
Date
25 April 2018
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has provided the Agency with the 2018 utility allowances for Prince Edward Island.
A Membership that Truly Understands
Date
29 February 2016
We’ve learnt from your feedback that many co-ops are not sharing their Plain-Language Financials with their members. Because the Agency introduced this service to help members get a better grasp of their co-op’s statements, we asked why. The answers varied. Some boards just haven’t thought of it
A New Approach to Subsidy Repayment
Date
29 February 2016
S95 co-ops are well aware that their Subsidy Surplus Reserve is not allowed to grow beyond $500 per unit plus interest. Anything more than that must be paid back to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). Our clients are busy and some find the refund process something of a nuisance. This is
Automatic Subsidy Repayment
Date
6 April 2016
The money in a co-op’s Subsidy Surplus Reserve is not allowed to grow beyond $500 per unit plus interest. Anything more is paid back to CMHC every year. This process has not always gone smoothly for some of the Agency’s clients. We knew there was a better way, so we proposed a change, which CMHC has
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Directors in Arrears
8% of Agency clients have board members in arrears. Good work, especially in a COVID year. In 2007, 28% reported director arrears.