Using Research to Drive Innovation in the Community Housing Sector
The community housing sector is modernizing. Recent developments, from the National Housing Strategy to Ontario’s proposed modernized framework, are moving us in to a...
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Is My Organization Financially Healthy?
Community housing providers find themselves in an exciting time of historic government investment in our sector. At the same time, we are also facing the challenges of end of operating agreements/mortgages and heightened expectations and requirements from funders. Now more than ever we will need sound financial oversight.
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Bed Bugs in a Cluttered Unit
Question: A bedbug infestation has taken place in one of our units. The unit is overcrowded with the tenant’s belongings, and we have been told by the exterminator that pest control treatment cannot be completed unless a significant amount is cleared out. The tenant will not cooperate in emptying their unit. As a landlord, do I have authority to remove contents from the unit?
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Clearing up the Confusion about Cannabis Pt.1
The use of recreational and medical cannabis is a hot topic in Ontario right now, and it has raised a number of questions for non-profit housing providers. To help clear up some of the confusion, we’re answering your most common questions on the issue.
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Navigating the Property Tax Assessment Appeal Process
ONPHA previously wrote about how Ontario’s property tax system does not treat non-profit housing providers consistently. Some providers are fully or...
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Member Support Question: Storing Scooters
Question: One of our tenants has recently acquired a scooter for mobility but we’re not sure how to accommodate it. What steps should we take?
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