A Year Later…….
MNPHA Board of Directors
2013 Board
Joanne SchmidtLawrence Poirier
Kay GarrityKarl Falk
Laura DevlinMenno PetersLaurie Socha
James Friesen
Conference Planning
Conference Committee• Awards Committee• Education Committee• Exhibitor Committee• Marketing Committee• Sponsorship Committee• VIPs/Speakers Committee
MNPHA’s Dynamic Duo!
Thank you Laurie Socha and Laura Devlin
What a Success!
• 2012 MNPHA Conference and Gala Dinner brought in over 180 registrations from across Manitoba this year over 230 registrations
• Membership Committee 88 Members
Clicker Session
Strategic Plan
MNPHA Direction
VISION
• MNPHA is the voice of the Affordable Housing Sector in Manitoba to ensure all households have access to safe, secure and affordable housing.
MISSION
• To build, support and strengthen its members who are diverse non-profit and affordable housing providers in Manitoba through services, educational opportunities and advocacy
Our Partners in the North
New Committees
• Aboriginal Housing Committee – Proposals Homelessness Partnership Strategy and City of Winnipeg’s Housing Rehabilitation Investment Reserves – Lawrence Poirier– Mark Fleming– Gord Meiklejohn
Cheryl Starr
New CommitteesGovernment Communications Committee
• MB Housing Advocacy
– Laurie Socha– David Gawthrop– Bonnie Hildebrandt– James Heinrichs– Steve Todd
Primary Concern..
• The critical issue of the Expiration of Operating Agreements
• First and hardest hit is the Urban Aboriginal RGI units
• Selling off of properties has already began• MNPHA’s focus is to preserve the current
housing stock at current rental rates
EOA Tool
• Developed by Steve Pomeroy leading Canadian researcher in the EOA• Funded by 5 Non-Profit Housing Associations
and Canadian Housing Renewal Association• User friendly excel spreadsheet• Provides Overall Assessment Matrix and an
Options and Remedies Documenthttp://mnpha.com/resources/new-eoa-tool/
Sustaining our Projects
• Project MNPHA, BUILD & MB Housing - Energy Retrofits
• Cost sharing - Software and Insurance• Bulk Purchasing - Products and Services• Encouraging Board Development/Education
and Succession Planning
Thank you!
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