{"id":941,"slug":"chba-renovators-council-governance","title":"RenoMark governance: policy set by CHBA's Canadian Renovators' Council (CRC); no independent appeals panel or consumer rep","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","candid-team"],"topics":["regulatory-signals","renomark","home-renovation-vertical"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** RenoMark policy is set by the **Canadian Renovators' Council (CRC)**, a CHBA standing council made up of renovator members and provincial HBA representatives, with a RenoMark program representative. The CRC reports to the **CHBA Board of Directors**. There is **no public independent appeals panel, no ombudsman, and no consumer representative** on the CRC.\n\n**Source:** chba.ca/renomark-program/, governance description.\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Caveat:** the absence of a consumer representative on the governing council is one of the structural points the broader self-regulation literature picks up on. See [[cpbh-self-regulation-critique]] for the consumer-advocacy framing.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-renomark-credentialing-program","title":"Research brief: RenoMark — the CHBA renovation contractor recognition program, with marketing implications for Ontario renovators (May 24, 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"chba-councils-crc-net-zero-modular","title":"CHBA councils: Canadian Renovators' Council (CRC), Net Zero Council (2014), Modular Construction Council (2017), Urban Council, Executive Officers' Council, Past Presidents' Advisory","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-24T15:35:45.985Z","updated_at":"2026-05-24T15:35:45.985Z"}