Mr. David Crenna worked at CMHC as a policy researcher/analyst (1969-1975); as a director of the Policy Development Division (1976-1978); as the Executive Director, Corporate Planning and Policy Development (1979); and as the Assistant to the President, Corporate Planning (1979-1981) (During the period 1976-1977, Mr. Crenna also worked as Director of the Human Settlement Directorate at the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs).
The records in this accession were collected by Mr. Crenna while he worked at CMHC in the Policy Development Division. The records include copies of cabinet submissions, working documents, copies of management committee files, and copies of internal Policy Division memos and correspondence. The accession also includes some files created by two former Vice-Presidents of CMHC, Alfred Coll and Ian McClelland. There are also some records drafted by Mr. Crenna that relate to the establishment and operation of the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs.
Boxes 1 to 4 contain loose pages consisting of press releases for Liberal members of the House and Senate, various reports and studies, census information, information on the National Housing Act (NHA) 1968-1973, and magazines.
Box 5 contains backgrounders, briefs for the Minister, the 1973 Federal Housing Strategy, and an inventory of suggested changes to the NHA.
Boxes 6 to 7 contain information on the 1982 Liberal Party of Canada convention proposals, income policy, 1983 restructuring of fisheries, 1978 discussion paper-policy on shelter, NHA Housing programs performance 1965-1977, and 1971 planning documents.
Boxes 8-10 contain memos to the minister, information on the federal-provincial conference on housing 1973, the financial situation of CMHC, federal response to 1979 Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and housing program review.
Boxes 11 to 13 contain information on the senior departmental committee on urban affairs, federal government and urban reform in Canada, 1878-1921, the 1967 federal-provincial conference on housing and urban development, home ownership for low- income Canadians, memos to cabinet, demographic studies, responses to government priorities, and parliamentary reform.
Boxes 14 to 22 contain loose papers consisting of research papers from the National Liberal caucus, budget documents, the impact of making CMHC private, and studies on urban affairs.
Boxes 23 to 28 contain published government reports (mostly from CMHC), press releases, and official statements.
Boxes 29 to 30 contain loose papers consisting of information on land development, the home insulation program, discussion papers, the task force on shelter and income, settlement policy, assorted studies and publications.
Box 31 contains publications, studies on city planning, Liberal party literature and strategy documents.
Boxes 32 to 33 contain loose papers consisting of academic papers on federal-provincial issues, provincial-municipal issues, Liberal party research on various issues, press releases, press clippings, discussion papers, annotated bibliography about the management of housing stocks, and NHA techniques study.
Boxes 34 to 36 contain discussion papers, liberal party records, studies in housing and urban affairs, and information related to the federal-provincial relations office.
Boxes 37 to 41 contains loose papers consisting of discussion papers, publications, assorted studies, information on the task force on shelter and income, and Canadian housing policy.
Boxes 42 to 46 contain loose papers consisting of policy studies to amend the NHA, urban development, publications, briefing notes, assorted discussion papers, and liberal party literature.
Boxes 47 to 54 consists of the 1971 Report on Policy development in CHMC, a report on CMHC's Municipal Sewage Treatment Program, and other publications.
Boxes 55 to 99 contains information on housing issues in the NWT, Native Housing proposal, 1981, loose pages, various studies, housing needs analysis, press releases, and Liberal party literature.
Boxes 100 to 105 contains memos to management 1978-79, ministerial and executive correspondence, discussion papers, information on the Design of the Housing Allowance, the Canadian Housing Situation and housing Policy Options 1976-78, rationale for social housing programs, and information on the Future of Federal Government and Social Housing.
