Housing Corporation (Ont.)

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Housing Corporation (Ont.)

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Housing Corporation

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1948-1974

      History

      The Housing Corporation was organized in 1948 with representatives from the Department of Planning and Development, municipal government, the Office of the Provincial Secretary and the Department of the Treasury.

      The Corporation managed funds borrowed from commercial lending institutions that would be loaned by the Corporation as first or second mortgages. Generally, applications for funds came from those who had a steady income but who did not qualify for mortgages from commercial lenders.

      By the 1960s the Housing corporation was providing mortgages to clients in government programs such as Home Ownership Made Easy (HOME) and through commercial developers in financing condominium construction.

      In 1974 the Housing Corporation was dissolved and replaced by the Ontario Mortgage Corporation.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Housing Corporation Ltd. was established in 1948 to provide loans and mortgage investments for housing.

      Address

      Letters Patent dated April 30th, 1948 by the Office of the Provincial Secretary.

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development (1944-1961)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA14

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development controls Housing Corporation (Ont.)

      Dates of relationship

      1948-1961

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Municipal Affairs (1934-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA21

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Municipal Affairs controls Housing Corporation (Ont.)

      Dates of relationship

      1961-1963

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario Housing Corporation (1964-2006)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA9

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario Housing Corporation controls Housing Corporation (Ont.)

      Dates of relationship

      1964-1974

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario Mortgage Corporation (1974-)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA162

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario Mortgage Corporation is the successor of Housing Corporation (Ont.)

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      BA702

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Minutes and By-laws of the Housing Corporation, 1948-1974.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Crockett