Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation

About Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation

Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation (CHC) (https://www.wechc.com/) is incorporated under the Ontario Business Corporations Act as a local housing corporation (“LHC”) under the Ontario Housing Services Act, and is 100% owned by the City of Windsor. We are the largest affordable housing provider in Windsor and Essex County and are the fourth largest LHC in Ontario. We operate a portfolio of affordable housing, public housing, and rent supplement programs. CHC also operates the centralized housing waitlist for all of Windsor-Essex. CHC owns and manages 4,894 units of housing, with: 4,436 units in Windsor, and 479 units in Essex County, serving over 12,000 tenants. This is operated as four separate housing portfolios:

• Public Housing – 3,532 units

• Non-Profit Families – 573 units

• Non-Profit Seniors – 597 units

• Affordable Housing – 192 units

The City of Windsor is legislated to maintain 5,726 units of RGI housing in Windsor-Essex of which CHC manages 68%.

Areas of Expertise & Knowledge for Peer Exchange

ORGANIZATIONAL RENEWAL

• Update to mission/vision

• Develop/deliver new strategic plan

• Senior management or Board membership

• Recruiting key skills sets in staff and Board

DEVELOPMENT

• Partnerships and joint ventures

• Financing

• Mixed model developments

• Innovative construction and design

ASSET RENEWAL

• Asset Management Planning

• Regeneration and Revitalization of housing asset

SUPPORTING SCALE

• Shared services

• Mergers and amalgamations

• Selling services/joint services/back off support

• Asset Transfer

RESIDENT SUPPORTS

• Connecting residents to services and economic development opportunities

• Providing supports (direct/indirect) services to households