The Housing Provider Kit was produced to help non-profit societies and housing co-operatives manage affordable subsidized developments.The guides are only available online. The kit contains the following guides:

Resident Relations Guide: explains eligibility criteria for selecting applicants, common housing issues, a dispute resolution process, diversity, and participating in B.C.’s crime-free housing program.
Rent Calculation Guide: explains how to calculate income and rent for tenants in rent-geared-to-income (RGI) units, where rent is based on total household income.
Administration Guide: provides an overview of the legislation and legal agreements governing housing providers, record keeping, insurance requirements and a resource directory of websites with housing information and useful publications.
Emergency Preparedness Guide: describes how housing providers can plan for and respond to emergencies like a fire, earthquake, flood or major power outage.
Marketing Non-RGI Units Guide: outlines how to market non-RGI units in developments built through the Provincial Housing Program. Tenants pay rents comparable to private market rents for these units.
Financial Management Guide: assists housing providers to handle the financial responsibilities of managing a subsidized housing development.
Interim HST Guide for Social Housing Providers : BC Housing is producing an HST Guide for Social Housing Providers which will be posted to this site soon. This working document does not include the CRA forms that the final document will have. The HST Guide is intended to assist non-profit, co-operative and charitable housing providers in understanding how the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) applies to subsidized housing developments.
Maintenance Guide: assists housing providers set up maintenance systems for subsidized housing developments, including record keeping, regular building maintenance, inspections, warranties, and goods and service contracts.
Governance Guide: assists housing providers create an effective governance model for subsidized housing developments.
Management Performance Guide: helps housing providers maintain operating standards, understand the operational review process, use best practices, and meet standards for BC Housing’s financial review.