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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.
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Tool-Sample-Managers-Report 
Toolkit Policy Management
Policies serve many purposes in an association. They represent the wisdom of the board of directors in interpreting the governing documents and identifying the best methods to advance and protect...
Top 3 Goals for the Committee 
training policy 
Transforming the Strategic Plan
The attached samples are contributions from the ASAE listserv and other sources. They depict the translation of a board’s strategic goals into a staff business or action plan.
Transparency in associations Policy
Last week, a member of the board of directors gave his meeting packet to a local chapter president.
Treasurer Club Officer Training
Welcome to Club Officer Training. As a training facilitator, you are responsible for conveying the information that club officers need to fulfill their roles. Well-trained club officers are equipped to...
Truman Torgerson Leadership Straight from the Shoulder
Truman Torgerson Leadership Straight from the Shoulder
types of Coops UWCC
Cooperatives are owned by their members, which can include consumers, producers/farmers, workers, businesses or organizations, municipalities, and other cooperatives.
UHAB Bylaws Sample 
UHAB’s Guide to Wills, Estates, and Surrogate’s Court for HDFC...
This guide was created as a tool to help empower the Board of Directors, Shareholders, and advisers of Housing Development Fund Corporation (“HDFC”) co-ops
Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Content Marketing
Nonprofits can and should engage in content marketing. It not only helps your organization achieve its education mission and get supporters, but it also helps make the internet a better...
Underfunded Reserves
When we review your co-op's Annual Information Return (AIR), we look closely at your capital-replacement reserve. We also verify how much money you hold in cash and investments.
Understanding Capper Volstead
There are essentially two key points to understanding the basic meaning of the Capper-Volstead Act and its special implications for agricultural producers, producer associations, and the general public.
Understanding Cooperative Bookkeeping and Financial
This guide has been designed to present the very basics of bookkeeping and cooperation. financial statements. The format is designed for individuals with limited bookkeeping or accounting experience. It is...
Understanding cooperatives business and management functions
Business management is the process of getting things done by and through others. In cooperatives, the management team consists of two distinct boards of directors elected by the members and...
Understanding New Cooperative Models and ownership control rights Typology
We argue that new cooperative organizational models differ in how ownership rights are assigned to the economic agents (Members) tied contractually to the firm.
Understanding-Strategic-Planning- 
Understanding-Your-Corporate-Documents-Muttart-Foundation
It is a companion to the workbook "Organizing Your Corporate Documents." Other workbooks in this series focus on specific rules and responsibilities.
Uniform Act on Cooperatives
Any cooperative, union, or federation of cooperatives, whose registered office is located in the territory of one of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Harmonization of Business Law...
United Producers Inc Chapter 11 Restructuring
United Producers Inc. Chapter 11 Restructuring
universal-design-guide-
A guide for designers, builders, and developers of multi-unit residential buildings
UOW Development Manual for Small Rural Home Coops
As the population of our society ages, the need for housing alternatives for senior citizens is becoming increasingly important. Most people want to stay in their own homes as long...
Update-on-Proxies-
As previously reported, the Detroit office of HUD has issued a statement that the provision in many coop' bylaws restricts who may carry a proxy in the case of married...