Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
(federal crown corporation, established 1946)
- provides grants, loans, mortgage insurance and operating agreements to co-ops;
- collaborates with the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada on initiatives such as the Co-operative Housing Development Program;
- oversees the Agency for Co-operative Housing and contracts services with them for federal co-ops; and
- funds the Community Housing Transformation Centre and contracts community housing support services.
Infrastructure Canada
- provides policy and program direction and oversight to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Agency for Co-operative Housing
(arms-length agency incorporated as a co-op, established 2005)
- assists and oversees co-ops and delivers certain federal funding to them;
- reports to the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada on performance and financials; and
- reports to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on performance and financials.
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
(independent non-profit organization, established 1968)
- contributed to founding the ACH and appoints board directors;
- provides information resources and capacity-building to co-ops;
- provides information resources and capacity-building to regional co-op federations;
- collaborates with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on initiatives such as the Co-operative Housing Development Program;
- collaborates with Infrastructure Canada on initiatives such as the Co-operative Housing Development Program
- collaborates with the Community Housing Transformation Centre on grants and other programs.
Community Housing Transformation Centre
(network of non-profit community organizations, established 2018)
- provides information resources, capacity-building and grants to co-ops; and
- collaborates with the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada on grants and other programs.
Co-ops
- report to the Agency for Co-operative Housing.
Regional federations
- provide resources and capacity-building to co-ops.