Roofs and Roots Housing Co-op :: Communities Directory

Forming Formed: 2000 Established: 2007

This page last updated:4/7/2009

Roofs and Roots Housing Co-op

Victoria, British Columbia,

Canada

The Roofs and 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 and Roots is a nonprofit development co-op that will continue building cooperatively 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 cooperative 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. Members' investment in the co-op will be paid back in savings during our lifetime as well as housing for our children and future generations.

Website: http://roofsandroots.org

Contact:

Mailing Address Only: c/o Manager Box
1511 Bank St
Victoria, British Columbia V8R 4V5 Canada

Community location is placed at the center of the zip/postal code, city/state, or city/country (not based on street addresses)

This page last updated:4/7/2009

Visitor Process: Please contact us if you are interested in working with us to develop this cooperative. We have two forms of membership: resident members (who live in the co-op) and community members (who develop the co-op and may become residents).

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:

No Answer Provided

Population Members(adults and children): 10 Open to new members: Yes	Government Decision Making: By consensus Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: Yes (the Board & Committees)	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances Labor Contribution: Expected (We are open to interested people and what they can share.) Join Fee: Yes (All shares: $25: Non-residents purchase 1 share/ Residents purchase 20 shares (total $500)) Regular Fees: Yes (Monthly rent for resident members.)
Land and Buildings Urban (Currently looking for urban buildings, but possibility of rural land in future) Area: 0.33 acres (0.1 hectares) (approx) Land Owned By: The community (The co-operative owns the land, members own the co-op.) Number of Residences: 1 (1 for now, looking at another, and another...) Cohousing: No (The degree of communalism will depend on the residents of each building.)	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 1-5% (Our intention is to have lots of garden space for growing food and work towards greater food security.) 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 Common Spiritual Practices: No (Undefined.) Which Spiritual Traditions(s): (Each member different.) Educational Style(s): (Each family different)

Click an image to see it full size.

Become an Editor Current editor(s): roofsandroots

Comments from Directory Readers This community selects which reader comments to display (more info). You can add yours below.

There are no Reader Comments on this community.

Add Your Comment on Roofs and Roots Housing Co-op

We encourage comments from those who have first hand experience with a community so that others may benefit from your experience. Please share information you think will be useful to other users of this site, in a clear, concise, and polite manner. Each community can choose to display all comments, display selected comments, or not to display comments (more info). Communities will be shown email addresses of those who comment so that they might communicate with you if they choose.

We reserve the right to edit or delete any comment.

You must be logged in to add a comment. Login here or if you have not yet registered on our site Register here.

More Info on Display Options

Communities can choose one of three options for how reader comments are displayed.