Leading, Supporting, and Serving the Non-Profit Housing Sector

Best Practices

Resources for Financial Management and Control

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bullet BC Housing
The Housing Provider Kit is an important resource. See the
  • Financial Management guide for essential information on financial management and control.
  • Financial Reporting Requirements, a supplement to the Financial Management guide, which covers updated generally accepted accounting principles for non-profit organizations.
  • Maintenance guide for information on purchasing and tendering guidelines.
  • Administration guide for information about BC Housing’s group insurance program (Chapter 3).

View the guides on-line or download the PDF files.

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bullet BC Non-Profit Housing Association
Members can use BCNPHA’s Policy Templates to develop policies on: cash handling, financial reporting, petty cash, purchasing, rent collections and arrears, returned cheques, security deposits, spending and signing authority, tendering. E-mail Kate Nielsen or call 604-291-2600 (1-800-494-8859), ext. 224.

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bullet Canada Revenue Agency
See the Payroll deductions and employers' responsibilities page of the CCRA Web site for extensive information and links to forms and guides. You can download Tables on Diskette (TOD), an easy-to-use Windows program that calculates Canada Pension, Employment Insurance, and federal and provincial tax deductions for employees.

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bullet Co-operative Housing Federation of BC
The CHF-BC Web site lists a number of Finance Workshops that may be helpful for financial management and control. E-mail Sue Moorhead or Leslie Burdak.

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bullet Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto
The Co-op Housing Bookstore on the CHFT Web site offers a number of inexpensive, practical guides written using plain language. Financial Management, while geared to co-ops, has very useful information on financial management and control.

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bullet Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association
The ONPHA Financial Policies and Procedures Handbook has valuable information on financial management and control. A diskette comes with the manual and includes all forms and schedules. Order on-line. BCNPHA members pay the ONPHA member price.

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bullet Property Management Software
BCNPHA supports two suppliers: Netintegrity Inc. and Yardi Systems Inc. Both offer functionality for financial management and control.

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bullet Volunteer Vancouver
Volunteer Vancouver’s resource library has a number of titles on financial management. Check the on-line catalogue. Some of these titles are also available in public libraries.

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