Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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A Journal by a Housing Co-operative Dweller
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- Co-opcracy
- I lived in housing co-ops for approximately 30 years and for many years was an active volunteer on the Maintenance Committee. I'm writing this blog because there is very little information on the web about dysfunctional co-ops. This blog will give an overview of what is transpiring in our co-op and its consequences, particularly as it pertains to vulnerable subsidized members. I intersperse my account of co-op living with snippets of my life's experiences outside of the co-op realm.
Oversight starts with members themselves being engaged with how their co-op is run. If they slink in the shadows, decide they get benefits from way things are constituted and will not (for whatever reason) ask tough questions and be relentless, little will change.
ReplyDeleteCourts hate getting involved in internal co-op matters. In Ontario, FSCO will likewise beg off involvement barring serious evidence of fraud.
Being a caring co-op member who wants things done things right --- legally and ethically --- often feels trapped in maze with all roads leading to dead ends. Or for another rodent analogy --- feeling like a hamster on a wheel, continuously moving but not really getting anywhere.