{"id":18775,"date":"2025-08-30T18:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T22:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/?p=18775"},"modified":"2026-08-03T23:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:06:28","slug":"alternating-between-internal-and-external-waiting-lists-unit-allocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/alternating-between-internal-and-external-waiting-lists-unit-allocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternating between internal and external waiting lists &#8211; unit allocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Woodsworth alternates between waiting lists for units of the same size.<\/h3>\n<p>This is based on the Membership: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/by-laws\/membership-by-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Membership: Member Approval and Unit Allocation Bylaw<\/a>\u00a0Article 4.1].<\/p>\n<p>Management must follow the bylaw when units become available.<\/p>\n<h5>1. \u00a0Woodsworth has two waiting lists &#8211; internal and external.<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 23px; font-weight: 900;\">Explainers<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Internal:<\/h3>\n<p>For information about how the <strong>internal waiting list<\/strong> works, see<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/relocation-and-the-internal-waiting-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Relocation, the internal waiting list and unit allocation<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>External:<\/h3>\n<p>For information about the <strong>external waiting list,<\/strong> see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/external-waiting-lists-and-moving-nto-woodsworth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">External Waiting Lists and moving into Woodsworth<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Priority internal waiting list:<\/h5>\n<p>The <strong>priority internal waiting list<\/strong> is separate and is not part of the rotation but relates to human rights and accommodation. \u00a0See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/priority-internal-waiting-list\/\">Priority waiting list\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\nSee also 2 (f).<\/p>\n<h3>2. \u00a0How alternating works<\/h3>\n<p>(a) \u00a0The co-operative will fill vacancies alternately from the internal and external waiting lists unless there is someone with established special priority for that sized unit. See Article 5.2.1 about priority list.<\/p>\n<p>(b) \u00a0Alternation of waiting lists applies to all sized units: 1, 2. 3 and 4 bedroom units.<\/p>\n<p>(c) \u00a0One (1) of each unit size will be filled from the internal waiting list and then the next available of that unit size will be filled from the external waiting list. Each unit size (bedroom) waiting list operates independently.<\/p>\n<p>(d) \u00a0One bedroom units will be filled alternately between the one bedroom internal and external waiting lists.<\/p>\n<p>Two bedroom units will be filled alternately between the two bedroom internal and external waiting lists.<\/p>\n<p>Three bedroom units will be filled alternately between the three bedroom internal and external waiting lists.<\/p>\n<p>Four bedroom units will be filled alternately between the four bedroom internal and external waiting lists<\/p>\n<p>(e) \u00a0If no one on the appropriate waiting list is qualified for or accepts the available unit, the alternate waiting list for that size unit will be used.<\/p>\n<p>(f) \u00a0Only moves from the regular internal and external waiting lists count for alternating between internal and external wait lists.<br \/>\n&#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/priority-internal-waiting-list\/\">priority move<\/a> doesn\u2019t count as an internal move.<br \/>\n&#8211; Allocation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wheelchair-adapted-units-membership-bylaw\/\">wheelchair adapted<\/a> units does not count as an internal or external move.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>3. \u00a0Membership Bylaw<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>To see this in context, visit the full Membership Bylaw &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/by-laws\/membership-by-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Member Approval and Unit Allocation<\/a> bylaw #84.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woodsworth alternates between waiting lists for units of the same size. This is based on the Membership: Membership: Member Approval and Unit Allocation Bylaw\u00a0Article 4.1]. Management must follow the bylaw when units become available. 1. \u00a0Woodsworth has two waiting lists &#8211; internal and external. Explainers Internal: For information about how the internal waiting list works, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/alternating-between-internal-and-external-waiting-lists-unit-allocation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alternating between internal and external waiting lists &#8211; unit allocation&#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":[434,561],"tags":[560,410],"class_list":["post-18775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relocations-and-moves","category-unit-allocation","tag-unit-allocation","tag-waiting-lists"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775","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=18775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}