RenoMark origin: launched 2001 by BILD (then GTHBA); trademark transferred from BILD-GTA to CHBA in June 2024

Claim: RenoMark was launched in 2001 by the Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association (now BILD GTA). The explicit target was the renovation underground economy — cash-only deals, no permits, no written contracts, no warranty, no recourse. Focus-group research at the time identified contractors not returning phone calls as homeowners' single biggest complaint, which is why the 2-business-day callback rule is part of the original Code.

Source for the 2001 origin: chba.ca/renomark-program/; bildgta.ca/about/renomark/. Source for the callback-rule origin story: BILD's Helen Batista, Menatwork interview, via Canadian Contractor.

Confidence: Verified.

Handoff to CHBA

• 2017: BILD and CHBA partner to deliver RenoMark nationally.
• February 7, 2024: The CHBA Board approves a joint motion from the Canadian Renovators' Council and Executive Officers' Council to transfer ownership of the RenoMark trademark and renomark.ca from BILD-GTA to CHBA.
• June 2024: Transfer completes. CHBA now runs the program through its national office at 141 Laurier Ave W #500, Ottawa.

Sources: CHBA press release; Building Excellence August 28, 2024. Confidence: Verified.

Why this matters for Candid use: the program's authority and governance shifted very recently. Site copy that still says "BILD's RenoMark program" is now technically wrong; the canonical phrasing is "CHBA's RenoMark program, delivered locally by [HBA name]." BILD GTA still runs the annual RenoMark Awards GTA, which is a related but distinct surface.