FECHIMM - Fédération des coopératives d'habitation intermunicipale du Montréal métropolitain

the housing co-op movement

programms and clientele

Different subsidy programs for special groups (low income households) make up part of the financing of housing cooperatives. According to its program, the cooperative reserves a percentage of its housing units to specific clientele.

central-coop-housing

Central-Housing-Coop is a unique booking office set up by the applicants of low income housing units wanting to live in a housing cooperative financed with the PSBL-P program. Click here for more info.

mailing list

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development service

Launched in 2004, FECHIMM's cooperative development service has for its mission to support groups wanting to establish a housing cooperative. It can also accompany existing cooperatives who have development projects or who plan on carrying out major maintenance or renovation work.

Our services cover the various stage of a project :

Analyzing the needs
Legal incorporation as a cooperative
Presenting the project to the existing programs (Accès-Logis et Logement Abordable QC)
Research and development of formulas with investment from the members
Incubation and starting the cooperative enterprise
Members' education
Administration of the project during the construction or the renovation
Support at the start of the operations

mission, values and principles

Our vision of development includes a respectful approach of the cooperative values and principles. The autonomy and independence of the cooperatives, the democratic carrying-out of power, the education, the training and the information is at the core of all displayed strategies.

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