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"Roofs and Roots is an opportunity to create real housing solutions in our own communities"
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The Roofs and Roots Housing Co-operative is committed to developing co-operatively owned housing that is affordable, ecologically sustainable and healthy for the members who live in our buildings.
Seeking new co-op members!
*WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THESE SUITES FOR APRIL 1ST. HOWEVER, WE ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR WAITLIST.
THANK-YOU, AND ALL THE BEST TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SEARCHING FOR AN APARTMENT!
We now have two 1 bedroom suites available in our South Jubilee building for April 1st.
Apartment Details:
Suite 1 $707. Ground level. Large kitchen. Modest living room and bedroom. Small bath.
Suite 2 $950. Recently renovated apartment with hardwood floors and high ceilings. Modest living room, bedroom and kitchen. Additional room very bright, could be used as office or bedroom.
Both apartments: Central oil heating included in rent. Hydro separate. Shared coin laundry. Private entrance. North facing. Garden space available. Parking available.
Quiet walkable neighbourhood, close to hospital, grocery store and other services, elementary school with playground and bus routes to downtown and university. 10 min bike ride to downtown.
We are looking for individuals or families with a long term interest and commitment to our co-operative and who have a good volunteer ethic. We welcome applications from people who have and no previous involvement in the co-op.
Interested people must fill out an application or by calling 382-2128. If selected, you will be asked for an interview.
Look around our site to find out more about our unique co-op, how it got started and how it works.
Roofs and Roots Purchases its First Building!!!
We are still celebrating the purchase of our first building. After plenty of fundraising, negotiating and simply figuring out how to "make the numbers work", we have succeeded in establishing the first new housing co-op in the CRD in over 15 years!
We have plenty of people to thank for this, in particular our board of directors and members (too many to name here) who have made contributions in multiple ways ever since our co-op first began. We also owe a special thanks to a few people who have gone out of their way to provide us with the support we needed in developing our co-op: Derek Gent of Vancity Capital, who has supported our co-op since the very beginning with his creative financing expertise, Danella Parks of Vancity who helped guide us down the right paths, Dean Fortin who's sincere support as a City of Victoria councillor for affordable housing helped lead the way in local government, Jason Found and Lindsay Cole of the Sustainable Solutions Group Workers Co-op who share our dream of green buildings and resident control and Ian MacPherson who has always made room at the BC Institute for Co-operative Studies for us to research and gain a deeper understanding of the housing co-op model.
Of course none of this would have been possible at all were it not for our funders and favourable financing.
CRD Regional Housing Trust Fund
BC Housing
City of Victoria
Vancity Foundation
Vancity Capital
Vancity
Coast Capital Savings
United Way
Real Estate Foundation of BC
We hope to draw on this support once again as we continue building our dream of co-operative ownership over one our of most basic needs: safe, affordable, secure and healthy housing!
Find out more about our Bank Street Building.
Roofs and Roots Housing Co-operative presents
"At Home: The Children's Art Mural Project"
The 'At Home' Children's Art Mural Project emerged when Paulina Eguiguren, a local artist, was approached to help out with an art exhibit to help raise funds for our co-operative. The art exhibit was transformed by Paulina into a children's art project, allowing our children to communicate their notion of the meaning of 'Home'.
WANTED
Roofs and Roots is on the search for a building. We are looking for an older building to convert to five or more 1, 2 & 3 bedroom units. Our ideal building is located in Victoria on a property with yard space for gardening. Contact us if you have or know of a building that might fit this description.
Avi Friedman Visits Victoria
 Roofs and Roots was pleased to host a presentation and visit from Avi Friedman here in Victoria. This event was a tremendous success, bringing together architects, planners, politicians, builders, students and the general community to think about how we CAN really make affordable housing happen in our municipalities. Avi's enthusiasm and positive outlook provided inspiration for many who attended his presentation or had the opportunity to meet with him in person. We are looking forward to his next visit to Victoria and to seeing the changes that are to come as architects, planners, politicians and other locals take on his challenge to "change the world".
We would like to extend a very warm thank-you to all of the sponsors and volunteers who made this event such a success!
Online Interview with Avi Friedman
Listen to Avi Friedman from your home by following this link to ekosRadio's podcast "Thinking Outside the Box". In this program, ekosRadio co-hosts Starr Munro and Rick Searle, chat with world-renowned architect and designer Avi Friedman Ph.D. (Director of Affordable Housing Program, McGill University) about the impacts of the North American obsession with monster homes. Also participating in the conversation is Joe Van Belleghem (Partner, Windmill Development) who is the force behind an innovative community development in Victoria B.C. known as Dockside Green, and Sol Kinnis (Director, Roofs & Roots Housing Cooperative). |
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