Even a modest property can look beautiful when it includes colourful gardens and mature trees. People will want to live there and the co-op’s neighbours will love you.
Some co-ops have generous outdoor common space with plenty of room for a community garden. Others were built almost to the lot line
Co-ops that care about climate change and want to shrink their environmental footprint should consider approving their own Environmental Sustainability Policy. A model is available from the Co‑operative Housing Federation of Canada. It was written so that you can easily remove any points that don’t
A national partnership of housing organizations announced today that Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has selected its proposal to create a Community Housing Transformation Centre supporting innovation, capacity building and long-term sustainability of community housing.
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There's still time to take part in NRCan’s national Survey of Energy Use for Multi-Unit Residential Buildings (MURBs).
The survey was launched in September 2018 to collect data on MURBs in eight cities: Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa/Gatineau, Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver.
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Maintenance costs are a big part of your co-op’s annual budget. Unlike with your mortgage, insurance and property taxes, you can decide to cut your maintenance costs. And we usually think that lower costs are better.
But wait! With maintenance costs, lower might not be better. Lower maintenance
Is your co-op planning a small, sustainable project to save money and help the environment? The Co‑operative Housing Federation of Canada’s Greener Co-op Migrogrants program provides co-ops with grants of up to $4,000 for environmental projects. Simple changes can often have a great impact in
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.