Governance

Members of the OMHM Board of Directors

The OMHM's Board of Directors (CA) exercises the powers conferred on it by the Act and its letters patent. The Board adopts bylaws and policies and deals with current business by resolution. Nine members sit on the board. Five are appointed by the Montreal urban agglomeration council, two by the Québec government and two are elected by tenants.

The board is assisted by several committees

The Executive Committee

To facilitate the day-to-day management of the OMHM's activities, the Board of Directors delegates certain powers to the Executive Director. The latter relies on the advice and support of its management team in managing operations and overseeing the organization's major challenges.

OMHM Organizational Chart

Advisory committees of tenants in low-rent housing and ENHARMONIE (CCR)

Members of the advisory committee of tenants in low-rent housing

Supporting the advisory committees of tenants in low-rent housing

Members of the advisory committee of ENHARMONIE tenants

Tenant selection committee

The tenant selection committee assesses the eligibility of applications for low-rent housing and rent supplement programs, as well as applications for housing transfers in compliance with the By-law respecting the allocation of dwellings in low rental housing in accordance with the Act respecting the Société d’habitation du Québec. It comprises two representatives elected by tenants, two representatives of the socioeconomic groups and one OMHM representative.

The members are:

Auditing committee

The auditing committee ensures correct management of the OMHM’s financial affairs and risk management. It is made up of the Secretary-Treasurer of the board and two individuals from outside the organization. The Executive Director and Assistant Executive Director, Administration and Corporate Affairs are invited to attend the meetings.

Retirement committees

Three retirement committees administer the pension plan assets of the different employee groups: 

• the non-unionized employee retirement plan committee;
• the white collar employee retirement plan committee;
• the blue collar employee retirement plan committee.

Housing project development committee

This committee makes recommendations to the board on OMHM guidelines for developing housing, analyzes proposals for housing projects and monitors selected projects. It is made up of three board members (one member chairs the committee), the Executive Director, the Director of Asset Management and Development, and the Director of Housing Stock Development.

The housing project development committee is made up of:

Tenants’ consultative and participative forums

In addition to the tenants’ advisory committees (CCR), the OMHM accompanies other tenants’ consultative and participative forums. These are:

• tenants’ associations (the OMHM has more than 100 of these representing more than 10,000 tenants in low-rent housing);
• three sectoral committees (which discuss the various challenges in different geographical sectors);
• the maintenance and janitorial services auditing committee;
• the committee on change of housing for bio-psycho-social reasons;
• the MOUV (for young people aged between 12 and 25).

To find out what these forums do, how they are made up and how they contribute to community life and OMHM governance, please refer to the page Active involvement of tenants.