City Gate Housing Co-op: Application Information

How to Apply for Membership

To live in a co-op, you must first become a member. A person interested in applying for membership submits a completed application form. Applications are only given out at orientation sessions, which generally take place in April and October each year. When a vacancy occurs and there is no member on the internal waiting list for the unit, the Membership Committee then goes through the applications received and chooses several applicants to interview. Based on the interview, the Membership Committee makes a recommendation to the board of directors as to whether or not the applicant would make a good co-op member. The board then passes a motion to accept, or reject, the applicant as a member.

Keeping Your Application Active

If the co-op already has your application on file, you must write to the co-op every 6 months confirming that you wish to remain on our waiting list, otherwise we will assume that you’ve withdrawn your application. You may also use this opportunity to update your application information.

Income Eligibility & Subsidy

To be eligible to live at our co-op, your gross monthly income must not exceed 5 times the amount of the market housing charge for the unit size. Subsidy is not available at the present time. All units are market rent. Housing Charges are listed below.

Would I Make a Good Co-op Member?

Co-op housing isn’t for everyone. The success of a co-op is dependent on its members actively participating in the day to day running of the co-op. Chances are, if you’ve volunteered before and enjoyed it, and think living in a co-operative environment sounds good, you’d like living in co-operative housing. However, if you’re not looking for a home with a sense of community, if you are not interested in participating to help make the co-op a success—if you’re just looking for a place to live, then co-operative housing is not for you. Housing co-ops aren’t for everyone, but for many, they’re the only way to live.

Housing Application Forms

Housing application forms are given out at orientation sessions which are held as needed, usually twice a year, for 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom units. One-bedroom units are filled internally by those members requiring a smaller unit.

Next Orientation Session:

Date: April 2012
Check back here in March for details
Address: City Gate Housing Co-operative
188 Milross Avenue
Vancouver, BC   map...

Orientation Sessions

The last orientation session was held on April 9th, 2011. Please check back here for details of the next orientation session.

City Gate at a Glance:

  • co-op participation is required of all members
  • rent includes heat and hot water
  • all units have a dishwasher
  • washer/dryer hookups in each unit
  • pets: one per unit
  • number of units: 102

Housing Charges

suite size number square footage market rate share purchase
1 bedroom * 10 611 - 830 $780 - $847 $1500
2 bedroom 47 822 - 868 $980 $1500
2 bedroomwheel chair accessible 6 921 - 954 $980 $1500
3 bedroom 25 1077 - 1225 $1203 $1500
4 bedroom 10 1207 - 1457 $1425 $1500
5 bedroom 4 1617 $1603 $1500
total suites: 102 rates as of 25-Feb-2011

* One-bedroom units are filled internally.

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