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Refreshing our Agency Reports
The Agency is currently working on refreshing our four key reports for co-ops: the Risk Report, Compliance Report, Plain-Language Financials, and the newly renamed Performance Report (previously known as the Co-op Data Report). Our goal was to make each report more accessible and engaging. We have
What to Look for in Your Next Risk Report
Once a year, all Agency clients get what their boards tell us is our most important report, which is now enjoying a make-over. When you receive it, you’ll see a refreshed Risk Report that is tighter, more visual and easier to read. Although it has a different look, you will find there the same
Federal Program Housing Co-ops: Getting Better All the Time
There’s no doubt that, as a group, the Agency’s client housing co-operatives are continuing to produce better results. We compared their performance in 2018 with their operations in the Agency’s early years—now more than a decade ago—and we are impressed with our clients’ progress. It was also good
Renovations Photo Contest – Enter for a Chance to Win
Has your co-op recently undergone a renovation? No matter how big or small, if you have a story to tell, we want to see it. You’ve all heard this one before—a picture is worth a thousand words… Well, in this case, the right picture is worth a $100 Home Depot gift card!
We know that our clients have
Eileen Tallman’s New Adventure in Sustainability
Eileen Tallman Co-operative Homes is a stable housing community in Ottawa’s mid-western suburbs. Moderate and mid-range in many ways, this co-op was part of the dramatic expansion that took place in co-operative housing between 1979 and 1984. Like many co-ops of that period, it has 60 units of
Our Trending Rental Markets
Each year Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) produces rental-market reports for many parts of Canada. These reports are an in-depth look at the trends Canadians can expect to see in rental housing. Because CMHC’s rental-market reports for January 2020 covered only major cities, we asked
Renovation Stories from the Trenches - Tamarack Co-op
Last fall we asked co-ops for photo submissions of their renovations for a chance to win a Home Depot gift card. Among the submissions was a powerful first-person dispatch from Tamarack Co-operative Housing in Sudbury, Ontario. Heather Petryna, the co-ordinator at Tamarack, penned a frank and
Guide to Maintenance Planning in your Housing Co-op
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Client Compliance
In 2008, 70% of Agency clients met every term of their CMHC operating agreement. Now 80% do. And compliance failures, great and small, are also fewer.