{"id":76,"date":"2016-06-12T13:52:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T17:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2024-05-05T11:42:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T18:42:18","slug":"what-are-the-advantages-of-co-op-living","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/what-are-the-advantages-of-co-op-living\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the advantages of Co-op Living ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Housing co-operatives bring many\u00a0benefits to their members, including:<\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-689 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9559695-3d-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-noe-nzn-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"9559695-3d-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-noe-nzn\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9559695-3d-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-noe-nzn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9559695-3d-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-noe-nzn.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Financial<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Members\/tenants\u00a0control the overall\u00a0rents (within their co-op&#8217;s financial framework),<\/li>\n<li>Member participation in helping run and manage the co-op keeps the housing charge lower.<\/li>\n<li>There is no landlord profiting from our members.<\/li>\n<li>Any surpluses can be used by the co-op to improve the co-op&#8217;s housing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-458 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CustomerThinkCenteredTeam-425x260-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Diverse, inclusive community\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Social<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Still Creek Housing Co-op is a inclusive, diverse, engaged\u00a0community of neighbours who become friends.<\/li>\n<li>Housing co-ops build communities where people know and assist each other.<\/li>\n<li>Members can be involved in the Membership committee to select new members who would be a great fit and bring a positive contribution to our housing co-op.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Housing co-ops members organize a range of activities to help engage our members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>\u00a0<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-459 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Personal-Branding-on-Facebook-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Personal-Branding-on-Facebook\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Personal<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Housing co-ops create opportunities to develop skills useful in other walks of life.<\/li>\n<li>Housing co-ops reduce dependency and give people a stake in where they live.<br \/>You are not just a tenant.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Still Creek Housing Co-op is for those who want to be an active part in a positive, engaged, diverse community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-168 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cours-300x131.jpg\" alt=\"Break time !\" width=\"597\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cours-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cours-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cours-1024x448.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cours.jpg 1464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">__<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tt-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"Enjoy !\" width=\"394\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tt-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tt-768x661.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tt.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8212;\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-541 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/join-us1.jpg\" alt=\"Join Us\" width=\"219\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/join-us1.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/join-us1-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/join-us1-600x274.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/>The waiting list is currently full.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 240px;\"><em>As we focus on finding good, active participating members, we have very little turnover.\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Housing co-operatives bring many\u00a0benefits to their members, including: Financial Members\/tenants\u00a0control the overall\u00a0rents (within their co-op&#8217;s financial framework), Member participation in helping run and manage the co-op keeps the housing charge lower. There is no landlord profiting from our members. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/what-are-the-advantages-of-co-op-living\/\">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":"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stillcreekcoop.com\/coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}