Woodsworth Housing Co-operative
A non-profit housing co-op in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood, Toronto, Canada, since 1979.
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Did You Know?
It is against our Occupancy by-law to use your unit as an Airbnb, Bed and Breakfast or other variations of similarly popular tempting money makers.
If you wish to sublet your unit, see the Occupancy Bylaw online or check with the office. You and your sub-lessee will have to sign an agreement overseen by the office. This applies to all units in our housing co-op – on Wilton Street (including 133 Wilton Street), George Street South, Frederick Street, and Albert Franck Place.
An overview for those interested in the issue of smoke-free housing.
Written by Andrew Noble, Policy Analyst with the Smoking and Health Action Foundation and presented at the Canadian Co‐operative Housing Federation’s Manitoba 2016 Spring Education Event.
smokefree_policy_and_your_coop_andrew_noble_june-2016THE PROBLEM
Hoarding generates health and fire hazards and poses a problem for everyone. The challenge is finding means of dealing with it within the framework of cooperative principles.
Most hoarders do not recognize or acknowledge that they have a problem, and so others must step in to help ameliorate and hopefully turn around the situation. Hoarding is considered a mental health issue because it is involuntary and unconscious, and requires self-awareness remediation as well as “extreme cleaning” of one’s unit to remove fire hazards.
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