For Housing Cooperatives

Your community, connected.

A public website and private member portal built specifically for housing cooperatives — so your board can govern, your committees can coordinate, and your members can participate. Together, in one place.

Built from the inside out

I've lived this.
So I built for it.

I've lived in a housing cooperative for over fifteen years. I currently serve on the board. I've attended the meetings, managed the paperwork, fielded the emails, and watched committees try to coordinate across a half-dozen different channels.

That experience is built into everything I design.

The co-op portal I build isn't a generic membership platform adapted for co-ops. It's purpose-built for the way co-ops actually work — with governance at the centre, member privacy respected, and the whole thing running on infrastructure your co-op controls.

Two things that work as one.

Public-facing

Your public website

A multi-page site that tells your co-op's story clearly — how you operate, what co-op living looks like, and where prospective members can learn more. When your co-op opens intake, a membership application page becomes available. When it closes, it disappears. No ongoing admin pressure, no stale pages.

Members only

Your private member portal

A password-protected space for the real work of co-op life. Members, committees, and the board each have their own view — with access matched to their role. Nothing more, nothing less.

What's included

What the portal includes.

Every portal includes these features, configured for your co-op's structure and policies.

For Members
Member Dashboard
Each member logs in to their own view — notices, bookings, requests, and their profile. All in one place.
Member Directory
A private, searchable directory of households. Members control what contact information they share.
Space Booking
Members book common areas online. Confirmations go out automatically. Double-bookings are prevented.
Announcements
Board and committee chairs post notices visible to all members. No email threads required.
Community Forum
An open space for member conversation, moderated by the coordinator or administrator.
Document Library
Bylaws, rules, policies, and meeting minutes — organized and accessible. Only authorized roles can upload.
For Committees
Committee Spaces
Each committee has its own private space with its own members and chair. Communicate, coordinate, and keep a record — all in one place.
Landscaping Assignments
Assignment lists organized by block, visible to all members so everyone knows what they're responsible for.
Community Task Board
Committee chairs can add tasks that require attention. Members can claim, complete, and mark them done.
Governance
Board Requests
Members submit formal requests to the board. The board reviews, responds, and tracks them — all in one place.
Maintenance Requests
Members report maintenance issues with automatic tracking numbers. The maintenance committee sees everything through a shared space.
Monthly Activy Submission
A space for members to provide details on hours worked, based on your co-op policy.
Membership Applications
When intake opens, a public application form goes live. Submissions flow into a private Membership Committee space — with room for interview notes and recommendations to the Board.
This is governance infrastructure

Built for the board.
Designed for the whole community.

Most co-op communication tools are retrofitted from software designed for something else. This one was built with co-op governance in mind from the start — committee structures, role-based access, and a board that has the tools it needs to be accountable to its members.

Canadian infrastructure

Your member data stays in Canada.

The portal is built on WordPress and hosted on Canadian servers — no proprietary platform, no per-member fees, no data crossing the border.

Hosting can be arranged on your co-op's own account, or I can manage it for you — either way, your data stays in Canada and you're never locked into a platform you don't control.

When the build is done, your coordinator can manage day-to-day content without any technical background. And if you'd rather hand that off entirely, I offer ongoing support and maintenance plans so your board can stay focused on governing, not troubleshooting.

Canadian servers No per-member fees No platform lock-in Your co-op's account Open infrastructure
The process

How we work together.

01

We map your co-op's structure.

Committees, roles, policies, spaces, and workflows. Everything gets built around how your co-op actually operates — not a template dropped in and hoped for the best.

02

I build and configure everything.

You review at each stage. When we're done, your coordinator gets a walkthrough and a reference guide they'll actually use.

03

Your co-op takes the wheel.

Your coordinator manages members, committees, and content. Ongoing support from me is available if you want it — it's not required.

Investment

What does it cost?

Every co-op is different in size, structure, and what it needs. The investment reflects that — I don't publish a fixed price because I don't build fixed products.

Build fee One-time
Per-member charges None
Platform fees None
Hosting You control it

Book a discovery call and I'll give you a clear sense of scope and investment based on your co-op's specific needs.


Let's talk

Ready to see what this could look like for your co-op?

No pitch. No pressure. Just a conversation about your co-op, what's working, what isn't, and whether a member portal is the right next step.