{"id":15175,"date":"2024-05-05T13:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T17:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/?p=15175"},"modified":"2026-01-25T14:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:53:06","slug":"woodsworth-households-makeup-and-impact-of-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/woodsworth-households-makeup-and-impact-of-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodsworth households, occupancy standards, and unit sizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <b>Woodsworth household<\/b> includes only people who have <b>official approval and status<\/b> under the co-op\u2019s bylaws.<\/p>\n<h5><b>Who <\/b><b><i>is<\/i><\/b><b> part of the household<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>These people <b>count toward household size and occupancy standards<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Members<\/b><b><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Approved by the Board of Directors<\/li>\n<li>Have signed an Occupancy Agreement for the unit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Long-term guests<\/b><b><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Approved by the Board of Directors<\/li>\n<li>Have signed a long-term guest agreement for that unit<\/li>\n<li>Live only in that specific unit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Children of members<\/b><b><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Under age 16 who live in the unit<\/li>\n<li>Age 16 or older who continue to live in the unit<\/li>\n<li>Whether someone qualifies as a \u201cchild\u201d is determined by the <b>Ontario Family Law Act<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Who is <\/b><b><i>not<\/i><\/b><b> part of the household<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>These people <b>do not count toward household size<\/b> and have limited or no rights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Casual guests<\/b> (short-term visitors)<\/li>\n<li><b>Visitors<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Sub-occupants \/ sub-lessees<\/b><b><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Even when approved, they are <i>not<\/i> part of the household<\/li>\n<li>Must move out as shown on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/sub-occupancy-agreement-occupancy-bylaw-82\/\">sub-occupancy agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Rights of people who are <\/b><b><i>not<\/i><\/b><b> members<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Long-term guests<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Count toward occupancy standards<\/li>\n<li>Are <b>not members<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Have <b>no independent right<\/b> to live in the unit<\/li>\n<li>Cannot stay in another unit unless they move with the household<\/li>\n<li>Have <b>no place on the internal waiting list<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><i>May<\/i> apply for membership <b>only if the household members agree<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li>The Board may withdraw their long-term guest status<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Children and young people up to age sixteen (16)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Same rights as long-term guests &#8211; i.e. count toward occupancy standards and are not members.<\/li>\n<li>Teens automatically become long-term guests if they do not apply for membership.<\/li>\n<li>Are encouraged to apply for membership after they reach age 16.<\/li>\n<li>A modified or simplified membership process applies to applicants between the ages of sixteen (16) and nineteen (19) &#8211; \u201cTurning 16s\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Casual guests<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have <b>no right<\/b> to live in the co-op<\/li>\n<li>Are <b>not part of the household<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Sub-occupants<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have rights <b>only as defined in their approved sub-occupancy agreement<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Are <b>not part of the household<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Key takeaway<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>Only <b>members, their children, and approved long-term guests<\/b> make up a Woodsworth household. Everyone else may stay only temporarily or under special agreements \u2014 and <b>does not count<\/b> for occupancy standards.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Unit selection and relocation &#8211; occupancy standards:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"208\">\n<p data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"208\">Occupancy standards set the minimum number of people required to occupy a unit. They also restrict members to a maximum number of bedrooms.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"327\">\n<p data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"327\">Each unit must be occupied by at least one member.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"455\">\n<p data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"455\">For occupancy standards, household size includes all those with Woodsworth status: members, children, and long-term guests.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"556\">\n<p data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"556\">Household size does not include guests without long-term guest status, visitors, or sub-lessees.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Woodsworth&#8217;s occupancy standards (Occupancy Bylaw):<\/strong><\/h5>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><b>Unit size<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><b>Minimum people<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><b>Exceptions<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">1 bedroom<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">Minimum &#8211; 1 occupant<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">None<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">2 bedroom<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">Minimum &#8211; 1 in mid-rise and Wilton Street only<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">2 occupants required for 2-bedroom townhouses.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">3 bedroom<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">Minimum &#8211; 3 occupants<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">None<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">4 bedroom<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">Minimum &#8211; 4 occupants<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\">None<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The co-op bylaws don\u2019t specify maximum household size, but say it is determined by the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Property Standards, Occupancy Standards. (See Occupancy Bylaw, Article 9.3)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applying for membership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In all cases,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/membership-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> applying for membership<\/a> starts with attendance at an information session held by the Membership Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Woodsworth household includes only people who have official approval and status under the co-op\u2019s bylaws. Who is part of the household These people count toward household size and occupancy standards: Members Approved by the Board of Directors Have signed an Occupancy Agreement for the unit Long-term guests Approved by the Board of Directors Have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/woodsworth-households-makeup-and-impact-of-status\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Woodsworth households, occupancy standards, and unit sizes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[672,418,606],"class_list":["post-15175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-membership-in-woodsworth","tag-households","tag-membership","tag-occupancy-standards"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}