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Borrowing
Some co-ops may have sufficient reserves to implement their plans without financial assistance, but in many cases the plans will call for new borrowing. That borrowing will allow the co-op to achieve its goals and obligations, whether to refinance existing debt, pay for necessary rehabilitation work, or make arrangements to extend leases or buy land.
Virtually all co-ops in BC were developed under government programs that included a financing component, whether with direct loans from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or indirectly (through loans guaranteed by CMHC). With the end of co-op operating agreements, co-ops needing to borrow must find lenders in the private market and meet the same standards as other commercial borrowers. This represents a big change, and CHF BC AMPs will assist co-ops by facilitating access to lenders.