More from Neil Whaley on the history of housing in Vancouver.
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I’m interested in the history of equity co-ops in Vancouver and I came across a two-page advertising feature in the Feb 7, 1948 Sun:
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It attributes the idea to someone named E.D. Cope of the RCAF, who came across the concept while stationed in WWII in England.
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Classified ads in November 1946 expected that the first Self Owned Apartments Ltd co-op would be ready for occupancy in June 1947 (but it appears that they sold all their suites before then, so there was no need for a later classified ad which would indicate if they opened on schedule).
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