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Co-operative Housing

Is Cooperative Housing covered under the Residential Tenancy Act?

Cooperative Housing is covered under BC’s Cooperative Association Act and Cooperative Association Regulations, not the Residential Tenancy Act.
 

How can I be evicted from my Cooperative Housing?

You can be terminated from your cooperative housing for:

1. non-payment of housing fees
2. conduct detrimental to the housing cooperative

For a better understanding of the legislation that applies to cooperative housing, please see the links below.


Where can I find information about Cooperative Housing?

For more information see the links below:

• Co-operative Housing Federation of BC
  • Guide to the Co-op Act
• Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
• BC Canadian Bar Association's guide on Co-operative Housing: Members Rights and Duties
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's Guide to Co-op Housing
• CDS Cooperatives – The Benefits of Housing Cooperatives
  

If you are being evicted from your co-op and need advice on what to do, you can contact:

• Community Legal Assistance Society

Articles

• No Rights and No Review: How Housing Cooperatives have Circumvented Procedural Fairness. Source: Susan Mossing and Shannon Salter.