Dufferin Grove Housing Co-op was formed in 1973 by Mark Goldblatt, Jon Harstone, Pat O'Sullivan and Sheila Miller to provide housing at a reasonable cost that would be owned and controlled by the residents. The group was incorporated in March of 1974 and purchased its first building in September of 1974.
Dufferin Grove is a scattered co-op with 10 buildings (62 units in total), mainly located throughout the Parkdale area. Buildings range from a single family 5 bedroom home to a building with 24 units. Buildings are located (West to East) from Sorauren Avenue to Dovercourt Road and (North to South) from College Street to King Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The co-op now has 7 buildings funded under the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) Section 61 program (50 year mortgages, with no renewal dates) and 3 buildings funded under CMHC's Section 95 program (35 year mortgages, where its terms are renewed periodically, similar to a conventional mortgage).
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