1. Welcome to HOUSING CONNECTIONS TRAINING 06 Developments and Units
BC Housing June 2008

2. Agenda
Development Search
Development Panels
Block Panels
Unit Panels

3. Development Search
From the Quick Menu, select Developments.

4. Development Search Single-Society Access
Select a development from the drop-down list, then click Search.
Only developments from the specific society can be selected.

5. Development Detail Panel
The Development Detail panel includes information such as Estate & Block #, bedroom size summary, annual review date and BCH contacts.

6. Development Detail Panel
Selecting the society name will display details about the society. Selecting the Block Ref # will open the Block Detail panel.
New to HC: Whether the society is an applicant subscriber and rent subscriber.
Applicant Subscriber: Society uses the Housing Registry to select tenants.
Rent Subscriber: Society enters their own rents.
Development panels will display historical data for now and will be updated. Should be reasonably accurate.
Block panels will be discussed later.

7. Development Blocks/Units Panel
For each unit, the Blocks/Units panel includes the unit address, unit reference #, bedroom size, subsidy, current tenant, and tasks.
Buildings with mixed subsidized and market rents will show “Yes” in the Subsidy column.
Buildings in which all units are subsidized generally do not show anything in the Subsidy column.

8. Development Profiles Panel
The Profiles panel identifies wheelchair accessibility, types of special units (wch, LEM, mkt), bedroom sizes, and other information.

9. Block Block Detail Panel
Block Detail includes information such as funding program, rent caps, management type, and unit allocation.

10. Block Block Detail Panel
From any Block or Development panel, you can also print Tenant Rent Reports, a Rent Summary, or a Summary of Tenants & Subsidy Required.

11. Block Block Detail Panel
Summary of Tenants and Rent Subsidy Required report.
For each unit, the Summary of Tenants and Rent Subsidy Required report contains:
Unit reference number
Bedroom size
Main tenant names
Number of residents
Basic Rent Contribution
Charges and Allowances
Tenant Rent Contribution (BRC + charges – allowances)
Approved Total (actual rent)
Rent Subsidy (the amount paid to the society)
Additional comments (eg. Month 1 means that the unit has been vacant for one month).

12. Block Units Panel
The Units panel is similar to the Development Blocks/Units panel except that it contains information only for that specific block.

13. Block Amounts Panel
The Amounts panel shows any charges or rebates allocated at the block level to all units (eg. a monthly laundry charge).

14. Block Control Panel
The Control panel allows the society to custom-tailor the closing paragraph on the Tenant Rent Report.

15. Unit Detail Panel
The Unit Detail panel provides information about a specific unit, such as heating type, heating allowance, occupancy, and wheelchair status.

16. Unit Amounts Panel
The Unit Amounts panel lists unit-level items such as hydro charges, heat allowances/surcharges, approved rent and market rent amounts.

17. Unit History Panel
The History panel shows tenancies and occupied/vacant status for that unit.

18. Unit Offers Panel
The Offers panel shows any offers made on the unit, whether the offer was resolved or reversed, and the main applicant name(s).

19. Unit Offers Panel
Select the Details link to view additional information about an offer.

20. Unit Tasks Panel
The Tasks panel contains all tasks assigned to that unit, and shows whether or not the task was completed and by whom.

21. Questions?