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Welcome to our Cooperative Housing Download Center — your gateway to a vast collection of educational materials.
Use the search box to explore and filter downloads by book type (Articles, Guides, Books, Reports, and Journals) or by category to quickly find the information that best fits your needs.
Our Portal Library is a comprehensive resource curated from trusted cooperative and housing organizations. It brings together a wealth of articles, guides, books, reports, and journals focused on cooperative housing, governance, leadership, and community development. Each publication is selected for its relevance and practical value, helping cooperative board members and leaders strengthen their knowledge in areas such as:
Governance and Legal Frameworks –
Understand your duties, responsibilities, and ethical obligations.
Financial and Business Planning
Learn strategies to keep your cooperative strong and sustainable.
Operations and Maintenance
Gain insights into maintaining property value and community trust.
Marketing and Member Engagement –
Explore proven ways to build community participation and satisfaction.
Sector-Specific Studies
Dive into focused research on housing, agriculture, finance, and more.
Whether you’re seeking research-based insights or practical management tools, our Download Center serves as a one-stop hub for cooperative knowledge—supporting informed decisions and effective leadership across all cooperative communities.
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Checklist of Board Roles and Responsibilities
Basic board roles and responsibilities are the foundation for a successful board. BoardSource has designed this checklist to help you quickly remind yourself of your key responsibilities. It’s also a...
co-op Treasurers Checklist 
Code of Conduct & Ethics
Are nonprofit board members required to conduct themselves in any particular manner? Yes! Under well-established principles of nonprofit corporation law, a board member must meet certain standards of conduct and...
Commitment to the Strategic plan
After developing the strategic plan, it is essential to commit to its purpose and success.
Committee Nominating Flow Chart 
Committee Responsibilities
Committees play a vital role in advancing the mission and goals of an organization, guiding chairs and committee members to enhance processes and outcomes.
Committee responsibilities
Committees are an integral part of successful organizations. Their purposes include supplementing the work of the board and staff, engaging members, and developing leaders. The Committee Responsibilities guide clarifies responsibilities,...
committee Signing In to the Meeting
The board secretary said, “I’m passing around a sheet of notebook paper, please sign it for our records.”
Committee Want Ads 
Conflict of Interest Acknowledgment and Disclosure Form
I acknowledge that I have received a copy of the conflict-of-interest policy ("Policy") of the National Association of Parliamentarians (“Association”), and that I have read, understand, and agree to comply...
Cooperative Housing 
Cooperative Principles UW
One of the ways cooperatives differ from other business structures is their adherence to cooperative principles and values that reflect social, political, and business concerns.
Cooperative Role Check List 
Course of Professional Development 
Definition-of-Terms 
Directors Guide for Board Meetings
Board service requires a skillset. Make a positive impact through Preparation, Attendance, Responsibility, and Leadership.
Emergency Leadership Transition Plan
If an organization’s CEO/executive director abruptly resigns, is fired, or is otherwise unable to lead the organization, it is vital to have an emergency transition plan in place.
Emergency Preparedness – Checklist 
Empowering Inclusion in Affordable Housing
Housing has a profound influence on our health, well-being, and quality of life. It is foundational to our feelings of connectedness, safety, and belonging. For many people across Canada, especially...
Evaluation Board Survey
Bob Harris, CAE, will facilitate the strategic planning meeting. He has asked members of the leadership team (and senior staff) to answer these questions prior to the planning session. (He will...
Every Board Must Have Documents
Some of the documentation is legally required, while some is simply helpful to have. Some documents should be available to the public while others must be kept confidential.
Examples-of-Housing-Strategic-Plans
A good strategic plan pulls all of these elements together and provides a checkpoint to ensure that financial decisions, operating decisions, and policies align with the organization's mission, vision, values,...
Executive Director VS Management Company
Responsible to the Board for implementing the strategic plan according to the mission/vision/values of the organization
Executive Sessions Why, Who, What and How
Executive sessions are a special meeting-within-a-meeting that provides an opportunity for the board to meet privately to handle sensitive and confidential issues, foster robust discourse, and strengthen trust and communication.