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As mentioned in the Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst: Developing a Risk Management Plan article regarding risk management, hoarding is one of the fastest growing risks in social housing. Tenants who accumulate goods and materials in their living space can pose a serious danger to not only themselves and other tenants, but you... Read More
The Housing Services Act (HSA) came into force on January 1, 2012. Repealing the earlier Social Housing Reform Act (SHRA), the HSA, its regulations and the Housing Policy Statement involve some key changes that affect the social housing business in Ontario. Notable Changes Many of the provisions in SHRA are reiterated in the HSA... Read More
At age 81, Al Gosling was evicted from a Toronto Community Housing building for failure to pay rent. He subsequently became homeless and died of an infection five months later. The high profile case spurred the Lesage Report, which highlighted a troubled relationship between the role of social housing landlord and tenants with mental health issues. But the report’s recommendations have left housing providers wondering about the extent and responsibilities of their r... Read More
Preventive Maintenance is not as sexy as constructing a new building; it’s more like the ongoing care you devote to keep a marriage going. Making something last longer by taking care of it saves money, keeps things valuable and enables you to rest easy knowing that it won’t shut down or spontaneously break up with you…. pun intended. As with relationships, building components start out new and nice to look at, and then over the years they can get a little run down and start to not work as well as they used to. To avoid the relationship rut between you and your building equipment, here are some easy tips to keep things spicy and working the way they s... Read More
Some of the products we use daily to clean interior spaces contain chemicals associated with eye, skin, or respiratory irritation, as well as a range of other human health issues. The fact that the cleaning products we use may have very real health and environmental concerns is an important incentive for ‘green’ cleaning. Here are 6 tips for starting a green cleaning pr... Read More