The financial state of British Columbia's non-profit housing stock

A sample of 797 non-profit housing buildings representing 63% of the sector in B. C. were included in the analysis, which seeks to answer the question: What is the financial state of B. C.’s non-profit housing sector and what does the current situation imply in terms of the opportunities and challenges that will emerge for the sector as operating agreements expire? [...] The topics covered in the database reflect the breadth and depth of the information needed to plan for the long-term financial, social, and environmental sustainability of the sector. [...] The data collected serves to establish a baseline understanding of the diverse characterizations of the non-profit housing sector and to create a basis of common understanding through the non-profit, public and private sectors that will help to inform future research, policies, programming and partnerships. [...] This report, ‘The financial state of British Columbia’s non-profit housing stock: current and emerging opportunities,’ has been funded in partnership with the Provincial Government’s Ministry of Housing and Social Development through a student internship supported by MITACS ACCELERATE and supervised by the BCNPHA Research Department and the School of Community and Regional Planning at the Universi [...] It is the non-profit society that is responsible for the on-going management of the housing units with annual reports submitted to B. C. Housing illustrating that the terms agreed to in the operating agreement are being respected.