The new Membership Bylaw #84 passed in September 2023 and clarified some rules about relocating in the co-op. Please review this to see if it is in your best interests to update your relocation form.
Who will live in the new unit: To join a waiting list, the household must meet occupancy standards for the new unit – a minimum of one person per bedroom except a single person may have a 2-bedroom unit in the mid-rise or Wilton Street.
All prospective occupants of the requested unit must be listed on the Internal Relocation Application form. Members will be allocated a unit based on their household size when they are offered a unit and must meet Woodsworth’s occupancy standards. Applicants, please update Management on contact information and household names. Changing unit size or occupant names does not change your position on the waiting list.
New members who have joined as long-term guests or Turning 16s must be a member for two years before joining the internal waiting list. (Anyone already on the waiting list when the bylaw was approved on September 26, 2023 only needs to meet the old requirement of 1 year.)
Unit preferences: Applicants can put their names down for a maximum of two choices at any one time, for any units they qualify for. They can change their choices in writing without losing their position on the waiting list. Applicants may specify that they only wish to live in a particular area of the co-operative, a particular type of unit or a particular unit or units. Applicants are skipped over if the available unit does not meet the criteria selected by them.
Adding criteria does not give the household any priority for units. Being skipped for this reason does not count as a refusal. However adding special requests may delay being offered a unit.
Accepting or refusing a unit offer: If the co-operative is unable to contact the member next in line on the internal waiting list within three (3) business days, the unit will be offered to the next eligible member on the internal waiting list.
The original member will retain their position on the internal waiting list but the household will be considered to have refused the unit. The co-operative will maintain written records of the contacts made with each household including date and time of contact.
Households must notify Management within three (3) business days whether or not they wish to accept the unit. If they fail to do so, they will be considered to have refused the unit.
Households may refuse up to three units that have been offered and retain their position on the internal waiting list. When an applicant refuses three units that meet their own criteria on the relocation form, they will be moved to the bottom of all internal waiting lists.
Moving date when relocating: Once a member on the internal waiting list has accepted a unit, the member must move into the new unit on the date specified when the unit was offered. Members will be provided with at least thirty (30) days notice for an internal relocation.
For details about joining the waiting list and more, see the Membership Bylaw, Article 5.
The Internal Relocation Application form is part of the Membership Bylaw, Schedule E. There are copies in the Photocopy Room and on the here on the co-op website.
