About AHMA

AHMA oversees off reserve Aboriginal Housing throughout BC.

What AHMA is:

A quasi-government entity that manages subsidized housing for Aboriginal housing providers
A self-management housing organization that serves urban and rural Aboriginal people in BC

What AHMA is not:

AHMA is not a housing provider

It is our goal to have all Aboriginal housing in BC owned, operated, and managed by the Aboriginal community. To make this possible, we are working with BC Housing to have all off reserve Aboriginal housing in BC devolved to AHMA.

Summary of Key Milestones:

1994
	Urban Native Housing Societies of BC formed when CMHC devolved social housing to the provinces.
1995
	AHMA formed from the Urban Native Housing Societies to self-manage Aboriginal housing that meets our cultural needs
2001
	The BC government approves self-management agreement with AHMA; the first in Canada.
2003
	Self Management agreement signed with BCH; agrees to transfer Aboriginal social housing management to AHMA.
2005
	BC transfers 189 Aboriginal housing units to AHMA and commits to transfer more as AHMA gets established.
2007
	AHMA commits to shift its governance structure from self management to an authority model.
2009
	BC Housing transfers 565 more units to AHMA