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Are you curious about the vacancy rate in your city? How about the average cost of rent? CMHC has those answers and more in their most recent Rental Market Report.

We have taken the time to pull out some of the data on rents and vacancy rates in the cities where many of our client co-operatives

The Agency is excited to be participating in CHF Canada’s in-person Annual Meeting later this month in Halifax.  

The meeting, which takes place on 16 – 18 June 2022, is an incredible opportunity to meet fellow co-op members from across Canada. Together, co-operators will take part in educational

What was 2021 like for the Agency and our clients? Our annual report is calling it a bridge year—the year when we began to cross from one reality to another.  

Almost two-thirds of you had moved to CMHC’s Rental Assistance Program (FCHI-2) by year end. When our clients change, the Agency changes

The Agency is excited to present some cautious predictions about rental and co-op housing markets in 2023. We commissioned this report on housing market outlooks from respected housing analyst Will Dunning.

Although he is careful to note that current data are hard to come by and much can change

CMHC’s Rental Assistance Program (FCHI-2) has introduced a new requirement—submitting an Action Plan every three years. Co-ops are using these Action Plans to set goals that will improve their own long-term operational practices while helping to strengthen the co-op housing sector.

After working

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 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

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 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