Operating Housing Cooperatives

 Selecting Management and Professionals

·         Selecting a Managing Agent, by Edward Sulzberger

·         Getting the Best Contract with Your Co-op's Management Agent, by Ronald Sher

·         Selecting Your Co-op's Professionals, by Almeda Ritter

·         How to Obtain the Right Consultant for Your Cooperative, by NAHC

·         How to Decide Whether to Renew a Management or Service Contract, by Douglas E. Courtney 

Working with Management and Professionals

·         Boards Must Oversee Management, by Paul Fisher

·         Management-Board Relations, by Joel David Welty

·         Managing the Cooperative's Business, by Alex Miller

·         A Team Effort: Improving the Professional Relationship, by Marc Luxemburg

·         Flying With the Eagles, by Melanie Conty

·         What Management and Board Like Least About Each Other, by Joe D. Hernandez, and Doug Courtney 

Management Issues

·         Self-Management, by Sheila Lieberman

·         Performance Standards and Goals for Housing Cooperatives, by Gordon Blackwell and Jaime Bordenave

·         Organizing, Eliminating, Coping. What To Do When Your Corporate Records Become Miles of Files, by Lloyd Chrein

·         Developing and Maintaining Effective Communication Within Your Co-op, by Joel David Welty

·         Leading & Managing Your Co-op after Public Trauma: Change to Respond to a Changed Membership, by Douglas M. Kleine

·         Member Relations: Tips on Handling Complaints, by David M. Weber and M. Christine Weber

·         Cooperation is Not Always 50/50, by Sid Moskowitz 

Staff and Employment Issues

·         The Co-op as Employer, by Lewis J. Silverman and Pam St. Clair

·         Staff Members: The Primary Contact with Members, by Joel David Welty

·         Tips on Interviewing Job Applicants With Disabilities, by Fritz Rumpel 

Marketing and Member Selection

·         Marketing Memberships for Limited-Equity Co-ops, by Marlene Cooper Stiggers

·         Conversations About Terminology and Consumer Fraud, by Herbert H. Fisher

·         Occupant Selection: Some Financial and Individual Considerations, by Norman Schreiber

·         Prevent Fair Housing Complaints: Know Your Laws, by Charles B. Turner

·         Making Marketing Easy, by Jane Pauley

·         Effective Resident Retention Leaves No Room for Vacancy: How to Keep Members in the Co-op, by Valerie Hall 

Sales and Terminating Memberships

·         Solving Share Loan Credit Needs: An Innovative Example from Atlanta, by Alex Miller

·         Disposition of Stock Ownership and Right of Occupancy Upon Divorce, Separation or Death, prepared by Pam St. Clair

·         Terminating a Membership for Cause, by Ida Curtis Fisher

·         Drugs; Terminating Occupancy for Cause, by Herbert H. Fisher

·         Drug Sales and Usage, by Alfred Reynolds

·         Bankruptcies, Forcibles and Collections, by Herbert H. Fisher

·         Collecting Rental Arrears, by Richard Siegler

·         Appraising Individual Co-op Units, by Eleanor Gunn and Joan Marlow 

Subletting and Occupancy Issues

·         Cooperative Boards and Other Owners Retain the Right to Enforce Occupancy Restrictions and No-Sublet Provisions: A Cooperator's Sublessee Is Not a Roommate, by Howard Schechter and David Kasdan (New York State)

·         Subleasing in a Limited-Equity Housing Cooperative, James L. Womack

·         Subletting Co-ops, by Richard Siegler

·         Handicapped Accessibility and Co-op Boards: Limitations on the Business Judgment Rule, by Stuart Saft, Esq. 

The Co-op as a Part of the Community

·         Candidates Respect Power Blocs-Become One!, by Judy Sullivan

·         Getting Involved in State and Local Government, by Judy Sullivan

·         The Government's Relationship with Cooperatives: Partner or Slave-Driver, by Joel David Welty

·         Concern for Community: The New 7th Co-op Principle Encourages Greater Involvement, by Joel David Welty

·         Cooperation Among Co-ops; Right Here in Your Home Town, by Joel David Welty

·         Penny Power, by Joel David Welty

·         Co-ops in Cyberspace, by T. Rasul Murray

·         Influencing Local Government: Steps Co-ops Can Follow, by John A. Ostenburg

·         Managing the Wired Workforce: Measures  for Co-ops To Restrict Electronic Communications 

Social Issues

·         Co-ops: A Place for Young People, by Joel David Welty

·         Day Care for Children in Your Housing Co-op, by Joel David Welty

·         The Value of Youth Involvement in Co-op Activities, by Johnnie Ferguson and Gretchen Overdurff

·         The Cooperative Movement Creates an Innovative Response Integrating Senior Services and Housing, by David Smith and Fredda Vladeck

·         Reduce Every Co-op Member's Grocery Bills: Organize a Buying Club, by Joel David Welty

·         Diversity in Co-op Living: Get Ready For It, by Brenda Lewis

·         Youth Programs. . . From A Youth Perspective, by Tasha Goldblum

·         Youth Leadership, by Lucinda Buchanan, RCM

·         Walton Park Manor Youth Council, by Altoria Bell Ross

·         Cooperative Housing, Social Capital, and Crime Prevention, by Susan Saegert and Gary Winkel 

Commercial Space

·         Sample Commercial Lease Provisions, by Richard Siegler

·         Terminating a Sponsor's Contract After Condo or Co-op Conversion, by Richard Fischbein 

Unit Alterations

·         Apartment-Alteration Agreements, by Richard Siegler

1. General Materials and information on Cooperative Housing.

2. Cooperative Housing Governance

3. Physical Management of Housing Cooperatives

4. Operating Housing Cooperatives

5. Financial Issues of Concern to Housing Cooperatives.

6. Tax Issues of Concern to Housing Cooperatives

7. Developing Housing Cooperatives