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2023 Utility Allowances for Alberta
New Good Practices Video on Filing Your AIR
Every year, Agency clients ask their auditor to web-file their Annual Information Return (AIR) to fulfill their annual filing obligation under their CMHC agreement four months after the end of their fiscal year. The annual filing also includes your co-op’s audited financial statements, signed board
Quick Guide to the Rental Assistance Online Calculator
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
A New Board for 2023-2024
The Agency’s director from the Prairies Region has now retired after serving three three-year terms. Ken McFarland will be missed for more than his stellar ability to dig into a set of financial statements.
A chartered accountant and former member of a Toronto housing co-operative, Ken served as
2021 Utility Allowances
CMHC has provided the Agency with the 2021 utility allowances.
Temporary Rental Assistance Funding goes to 102 Co-ops
Late last year the Agency swung into action at CMHC’s call. We were asked to get temporary rental assistance to co-ops whose operating agreements had ended before 2016. (These co-op were locked out of the new Rental Assistance Program because their agreements had expired too early.)
Led by retired
A Regional Energy Coach: CHF Canada’s Brave New Idea
Introducing Irfaan Hasham, CHF Canada’s new Regional Energy Coach (REC)!
Many of CHF Canada’s member co-ops are looking to improve their energy efficiency. Now there’s expert help available. Irfaan can recommend building work that will help you save money on energy. He can also guide you towards a
Tip of the Month
Co-ops without Paid Managers
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.