Initially, start-up co-ops' understanding of proper governance would be the first place they could certainly improve and benefit from in that regard. Then, just as a case, by way an example, if you look at a housing co-op, they're typically looking for some type of funding to assist them, even if it's over the course of the construction of the housing units. So it may be a repayable grant, for that matter, or a repayable loan. That's where the risk is upfront, until they sell all the units and have the people with their equity in place. So perhaps there are some opportunities to assist the projects in getting off the ground, especially on a start-up co-op. If it's a co-op that has been in existence for a time, they typically have that type of capital.
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