Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made
The film explores the dimensions of the housing crisis in Canada, the definition of cooperative housing, and its possibilities as described by some of the people who are living in such dwellings today. Here, housing is owned and operated by people as users, not as investors. The film emphasizes an alternative in housing: security of tenure and mutual aid as the owner-families have come to value them.
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directorLaura Sky
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scriptLaura Sky
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narratorLaura Sky
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producerKathleen Shannon
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executive producerLen Chatwin
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photographyCarol BettsNesya ShapiroJohn F. PhillipsJoan Hutton
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soundAerlyn Weissman
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editingGinny Stikeman
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sound editingFlora Lee WagnerJackie Newell
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re-recordingJean-Pierre Joutel
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musicLaurent Coderre
Are there housing co-operatives where you live, and if so, what are the requirements for new applicants? Using think-pair-share, address whether requirements should be placed on developers to build mixed-income residential units. Research some of the innovations that are being implemented to address housing issues (e.g., Habitat for Humanity, modular units, laneway housing, etc.).
