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Forming Formed: 2000
Roofs and Roots Housing Co-op
Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada
 The Roofs & Roots Housing Co-op was formed by a group of community-minded tenants joining together to find a way to access decent housing. Our vision is to provide affordable housing that inspires, nurtures, and promotes stable, healthy community for the needs of diverse people and their lifestyles. Our goals are to purchase buildings for member-owned and managed affordable housing and other community benefits such as urban agriculture and to promote ecological sustainability through green building and urban farming. Roofs & Roots is a non-profit development co-op that will continue building co-operatively owned affordable housing.
Members own the co-op and its buildings through shares, but the value of the membership shares do not increase. The increased equity that the co-operative gains from the increased value in land, along with savings and monthly contributions to our Development Fund, will be redirected to the development of more affordable housing. Member’s investment in the co-op will be paid back in savings during our lifetime as well as housing for our children and future generations.
 
Contact:
Sol Kinnis
Mailing Address Only: #6-1241 Balmoral Rd.
Victoria, British Columbia V8T 1B2 Canada
Phone: 250-382-2124
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Last Updated:4/8/2006
 
Visitors Not Accepted
Visitor Process: Please contact us if you are interested in working with us to develop this co-operative. We have 2 forms of membership: Resident members (who live in the co-op) and non-resident members (who develop the co-op and may become residents). During the development phase (currently), we are all non-resident members.
Population
Adult Members:
(Currently have 8 non-resident members)
Child Members:
(currently have 4 non-resident members)
Open to new adults:
Yes
Open to new children:
Yes
Gender Balance:
37% M 63% F
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus
Identified Leader:
No
Leadership Core Group:
Yes
(Development Committee)
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Members have independent finances
(We are working on a partial rent-geared-to-income formula)
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(Members must contribute 150 hours to become a resident)
Join Fee:
Yes
(All shares: $25: Non-residents purchase 1 share/ Residents purchase 20 shares (total $500))
Regular Fees:
Yes
(Resident members must pay dammage deposit and monthly housing charges.)
Land and Buildings
Urban
(Currently looking for urban buildings, but possibility of rural land in future)
Land Owned By:
(The co-operative owns the land, members own the co-op.)
Cohousing:
No
(The degree of communalism will depend on the resident of each building.)
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
(Our intention is to have lots of garden space for growing food.)
Share Community Meals:
(Will depend on the residents of each building.)
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Diet is up to each individual
Dietary Practice:
(May be defined if new members start a communal building.)
Alcohol Use:
(Will depend on the residents of each building.)
Tobacco Use:
(There will be no smoking inside any of the buildings. Outdoors restrictions will depend on the residents of each building.)
Social Factors
Open to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender members:
Yes
(Very much so.)
Shared Spiritual Path:
No
(Undefined.)
Which Spiritual Path(s):
(Each member different.)
Educational Style(s):
(Each family different)
 
 


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