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 The Regional Municipality of Peel, on behalf of the Region of Peel Human Services department, is inviting proposals from private/non-profit partnerships and the non-profit sector to construct affordable rental housing. Proponents are to develop project(s) on their own sites located in Region of Peel. Please click here for further information. Get rid of that pain in your neck! Corporate Express, an ONPHA Best Deals partner, is currently offering all ONPHA members substantial savings on ISE Ergonomic furniture and other products for the workplace, until April 30. Check out our Corporate Express page for more information and links. Submissions are still being accepted for the Asset Management Data Verification Exercise. This is an important and critical sector-wide initiative. Read more here. If you need a question explained or clarified, call: (416) 594-9325 Ext. 250 (toll-free: 1-866-268-4451) or E-mail: amgsurvey@shscorp.ca ONPHA has tabled it's 2008 Provincial Budget consultation brief with the government. The Minister of Finance is conducting consultations around the province. ONPHA also appeared before the all-party Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs. Read ONPHA President, Hugh Lawson's remarks. The budget is expected to be tabled in March 2008. Inclusionary zoning is regarded as one effective planning and development tool that several municipalities outside of Ontario have used to ensure an adequate supply of affordable housing. Recently ONPHA commissioned a report on inclusionary zoning to examine this concept, the experience in other jurisdictions and how it might be adapted to an Ontario environment. Read the report. The Provincial Government is back to work after the recent election and has issued its Throne Speech to set out the agenda for the upcoming legislative session. The speech talks about "providing more affordable housing" in the context of the anticipated proverty reduction strategy. A high-powered Cabinet Commitee is being created to head up the proverty reduction strategy. The 2007 ONPHA Awards for Excellence presented at the 2007 Annual Conference recognize leadership, achievement and excellence in non-profit housing. Read the news release. See the videos. Premier announces Jim Watson to be new Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing as part of new Cabinet and Parliamentary Assistants. ONPHA looks forward to working with new Minister. (Read the web release and Minister's bio.) Also ONPHA has written to Premier McGuinty about the first key housing issue that needs his government's immediate attention. THE RESULTS ARE IN!. ONPHA Conducted a salary survey of our members in June 2007. Click here for the results. Ontario Liberals make election history by winning back-to-back majorities. Read ONPHA's reaction to the Liberal win. New CHRA report shows annual spending by all levels of government on affordable housing has been in steady decline since the early 1990s. ONPHA has joined with CHRA and a coalition of others across the country to get the Feds to keep their funds re-invsted in housing. Read more. ONPHA's report of pending retirements in Ontario's non-profit housing sector shows a dangerous human capital deficit is looming. Report underscores critical need for recruitment and succession in the Ontario non-profit housing sector. Star editorial calls on governments to end Ontario's "public housing" turf war and fix the capital deficit problem. ONPHA agrees and says preservation of these valuable assests is a shared responsibility of all governments. CHRA also agrees saying that these are a vital investment in communities that pay big dividends. With the provincial election underway, ONPHA sends a letter to Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, John Gerretsen, thanking him and his staff for all of their work on the housing files during the past four years. Revised SHRA funding model regulation gets signed by MMAH Minister John Gerretsen on September 6, 2007. Find out what you need to know for your 2008 fiscal year. Read Minister Gerretsen's letter to ONPHA and CHF Canada. Watch ONPHA's newest produced DVD entitled "Meet the Dream Team" ONPHA has submitted a response to the background paper of the Ontario Human Rights Commission on "Human Rights and Rental Housing." ONPHA's 2007 province-wide waiting-list survey is one reliable measure that establishs the need for affordable housing in Ontario. ONPHA has collected data from each Service Manager for the last four years. The most recent date is of January 2007. You can also see the data on a map for of the Service Areas. Read ONPHA's comments on the proposed changes to The Corporation Act. Read ONPHA's Reaction to the Province's recent Affordable Housing allocations. Click here to read the original annoucement from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Read the October 2007 editions of  and Board Connections
Click here for the latest Social Housing Notification on the Ongoing Benchmark Change Request Process. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing encourages AHP proponents to take advantage of financial incentives for energy efficiency. Where's Home 2006 finds that there aren't enough apartments available in Ontario, and those that are available are unaffordable for the average worker. Are you preparing a proposal for a new development? The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is providing funding for a Capacity Building Partnership Project between ONPHA and CHF Canada (Ontario Region). Click here to find out more  ONPHA thanks Premier Dalton McGuinty for release of $392-M for affordable housing Thank you Letter The Toronto Network of Non-Profit Housing Providers has submitted a brief to the City of Toronto, concerning the implications of the proposed strategy of licensing multi-residential apartment buildings.ONPHA has updated the New Development Database. More projects have been added to this growing online resource.
Section 95 Providers: about that flaw... ONPHA has submitted a brief to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing describing the funding flaw experienced by Section 95 Providers. You can download the brief . As well, ONPHA has designed a calculator and instructions for your use in determining what your subsidy loss has been.
Responding to Toronto's Affordable Housing Program RFP? Get help at HomeComing Community Choice Coalition's website. Find your Local Network Liaison! Do you know who your Local Network Liaison is? Do you know even know what a LNL is? Find the answer here. Ready, set, network! 2008 Rent Increase Guideline is 1.4%. Get more details. |
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