The 15 member SHSC board was made up of provincial, municipal, non-profit and cooperative housing representatives.
However, the Government determined that some services should continue to be delivered at a province-wide level to achieve economies of scale.
They included group insurance, bulk gas purchasing and a capital reserves investment program.
With the exception of gas purchasing, these programs were delivered through three subsidiaries: SoHo Insurance, SHSC Financial and GLOBE (Green Light on a Better Environment).
This program was created as a result of a 1999 Auditor General report on the capital reserves of social housing providers.
In 2005, SHSC began to investigate the impact of rising utility costs and the opportunities to assist the affordable housing sector in responding to the challenges.
SHSC was able win support from provincial agencies and utility companies to establish a pilot program – the Green Light Initiative.
GLOBE sought to connect social housing providers, municipal service managers, property managers, and social housing tenants with educational tools and services to reduce energy and water use, including the delivery of energy retrofit programs offered by Ontario utility companies.