The Cooperative Advantage for Social Inclusion Meets Uncooperative Government Regulation: International Cooperative Principles and Cooperative Housing Regulation in the Province of Ontario, Canada

24 Pages Posted: 15 Aug 2015

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Marika Morris

School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies - Carleton University

Date Written: August 13, 2015

Abstract

Canadian housing cooperatives are a tool for building an inclusive society, bringing together people diverse in income, race, age, and ability/disability. This six-year case study of an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada housing co-op found that co-op housing provided benefits for its members: reducing the depth of poverty; increasing physical, material and emotional help; and catalyzing social integration, greater social capital, safer communities, organizational experience, skills-building, networking, and political mobilization. However, the legal framework in which co-ops operate and a lack of resources prevent Ontario housing co-ops from fully adhering to International Co-operative Alliance principles and ensuring that all members benefit equally from co-op housing.

Keywords: COOPERATIVES; CO-OPERATIVES; HOUSING; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; PUBLIC POLICY; POVERTY REDUCTION

JEL Classification: I38; O18; I39; L38; O15

Suggested Citation

Morris, Marika, The Cooperative Advantage for Social Inclusion Meets Uncooperative Government Regulation: International Cooperative Principles and Cooperative Housing Regulation in the Province of Ontario, Canada (August 13, 2015). Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2015): 28-51, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2605799

Marika Morris (Contact Author)

School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies - Carleton University ( email )

1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
Canada

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