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2023 Utility Allowances for Alberta
The Self Assessment Questionnaire: Your Co-op’s Mirror
When was the last time your board discussed your building’s curb appeal? How about its approach to water conservation?
These are good questions to ask, and they’re good examples of what the Agency had in mind when we developed our online Self Assessment.
This tool will guide you through five key
The Open Road: The Agency’s 2022 Annual Report
The Agency saw 2021 as a bridge year of transition from one reality to another. Once we’d made the crossing, 2022 looked like The Open Road to us.
The road ahead is full of possibilities.
In 2022, we began to work with co-ops that had been shut out from the Rental Assistance Program because their
2021 Utility Allowances
CMHC has provided the Agency with the 2021 utility allowances.
Agency Clients and their Performance
We’ve recently been reviewing the performance of our co-op housing portfolio over the years since CMHC entrusted us with its oversight in 2006. Here are a few fast facts we’d like to share with you.
Overall, our clients are continuing to do well, and we’d like to think our data-driven, risk-based
Donna Charbonneau, Retiring Director, Operations
Donna Charbonneau has been many things and seen many places during her years in the co-operative housing movement. She began in 1993 as the co-ordinator of Newmarket Housing Co-operative, moving within a few years to Rainbow Circle, and then to Ramer’s Wood in Markham. The grassroots experience of
2021 Utility Charges for Rental Assistance Clients
A New HomeRun for Co-ops
Do you ever wonder how your co-op is really doing? You know your buildings, your books and your members better than anyone, but getting a bigger picture through comparison can be an incredibly powerful tool.
That’s why we built a website we called HomeRun for Agency clients. It uses data collected
2025 Utility Charges for Rental Assistance Clients
Tip of the Month
Management Trend
The trend to hire management companies continues. 58% of co-ops hire management companies, compared to 28% that employ independent staff as their managers.