{"id":82,"date":"2016-06-12T13:58:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T17:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2024-03-14T23:01:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T06:01:40","slug":"what-is-the-coop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/what-is-the-coop\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Coop ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s members run Still Creek Housing Co-op.<\/h3>\n

There are no landlords.<\/h3>\n
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The members elect a Board of Directors, define and approve policy. The Board of Directors takes direction from the membership, and helps to oversee the running of the Co-op. Committees comprised of member volunteers handle numerous other aspects of Co-op living such as maintenance, gardening, membership issues, social functions and finances.<\/p>\n

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All members of Still Creek are required to attend General Membership meetings about every 6 weeks.
\nAll members are required to volunteer about 4 hours per month in helping run and maintain the co-op. This level of membership involvement benefits everyone because operating costs are reduced.<\/p>\n

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A housing Co-op is a corporation owned equally by each member. As a Co-op member you do not directly own your own unit. Instead, you have shares in a corporation which owns the property.<\/p>\n

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\"JoinIf this sounds like a good fit for you, we look forward to receiving your application<\/h3>\n

Note:  The waiting list is currently full.<\/span><\/h3>\n

As we focus on finding good, active participating members, we have very little turnover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s members run Still Creek Housing Co-op. There are no landlords. The members elect a Board of Directors, define and approve policy. The Board of Directors takes direction from the membership, and helps to oversee the running of the Co-op. … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1034,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions\/1034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}