Book Archives | Sweat Equity – The Grimsby Homebuilding Co-operative 1953

List of co-ops in CO-OP-ORATOR, June 1955

Besides the co-ops listed here along with Sherbrien, Cathedral Heights and Lakedale, the newsletter included the names of 22 co-operatives that were underway in 1955 throughout the province […]

25th anniversary itinerary, signed by fellow co-operators

Bob Walsh, once known as “Mr. Co-op,” wrote an “everyman and woman” story about the co-op experience for the anniversary itinerary. Charlie Gallagher wrote about the challenges and […]

CMHC Small House Designs

There were five CMHC plans used in all three co-ops (Sherbrien, Cathedral Heights and Lakedale). Families would choose the plan they liked and could afford. Co-op builders worked […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 6 Selecting a Plan page 13

This page illustrates the practical knowledge that was provided in the Guide to Co-operative Housing. It was information that had been researched and verified by the ISA students […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 1 Education before Excavation, p.10

42. A co-operative organization has been defined as an enterprise which belongs to the people who use its services, the control of which rests equally with all the […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 8 Choice of Materials

Asphalt shingles are today the most popular type of shingle. Asphalt roofing felt underlies the shingles. Each strip of shingles overlaps the strip below by about six inches. […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 7 In a Co-operative Everybody Works

page 1 The first consideration in the labour question is that every member of the co-operative be required to put in his quota of work on the project. […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 5 Finding a Site

page 2 “Because of the lack of suitable sites at a reasonable price for a co-operative housing groups within most cities today, it is probable that the co-operative […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 4 The Legal side of Co-operative Housing

page 3 The National Housing Act – Under Part 1, Section 4, Subsections 6, 7, 8 of the NHA, joint loans for co-operatives may be made. Two types […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 3 Financing Co-operative Housing

page 5 The National Housing Act is a Federal Act of Parliament, designed to help more people obtain money for home construction under NHA, loans can be made […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 2 What Others Have Done

p. 13-14 (f) THE COADYVILLE HOUSING Co OPERATIVE 98. Ronnie McDougall, Secretary of the Coadyviile Housing Co-op, Sydney, N. S., reports that their $400 homes would have cost […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 6 Selecting a Plan

A Guide to Co-operative Housing, Chapter 6, Selecting a Plan is one of the eight booklets. The focus on co-operative methods was central. The first chapter stated there […]