Rule (Ontario builder/renovator sites): composite footer logo strip showing local HBA + OHBA + CHBA + RenoMark (where applicable), each linked to the parent organization's website — Pattern A model

On Ontario builder and renovator client websites, build a composite logo strip in the footer showing:

1. Local HBA logo (WRHBA / BILD / GOHBA / WEHBA / LHBA — whichever applies)
2. OHBA logo
3. CHBA logo
4. RenoMark logo (if the client is a renovator and RenoMark-verified)
5. BBB rating (if A or A+; omit otherwise)
6. HomeStars review count + Best of award (if applicable)
7. Houzz Pro / Best of Houzz badge (if held)
8. Recent BILD/OHBA/CHBA award badges (if held — see Rule (Ontario builder/renovator sites): display the current-year award badge prominently; archive past-year badges (dated) on the Awards or About page once the next year's program closes)

Each logo is a link to the parent organization's website (or to the client's own profile on that org's member directory where one exists). Equal visual weight — no single logo dominates.

Why: the site sampling at Two HBA display patterns across Ontario builder/renovator sites: Pattern A (small custom + renovation firms show HBA + RenoMark prominently in footer); Pattern B (large production builders rarely show HBA logos, lead with HCRA + Tarion) shows two clean patterns — small custom + renovation firms (Menno S. Martin, Amsted, Eurodale, Lagois) execute this footer-strip approach prominently; large production builders (Mattamy, Tridel, Minto) skip it because they lean on HCRA + Tarion as load-bearing regulatory signals. For Tier-2 builders and renovators (Candid's typical client), Pattern A is the right model — the firm is too small to compete on the regulatory signals alone, and the HBA logos provide a real credibility lift.

How to apply:

• One footer strip per page, persistent across the site.
• Logos sized identically (typical effective height ~28–32px).
• The RenoMark logo should additionally link to the contractor's renomark.ca profile (not the parent renomark.ca homepage) — see Rule (renovator client sites): link the RenoMark logo to the contractor's renomark.ca profile AND show "RenoMark Verified 20YY" beside it — the highest-leverage tweaks almost nobody does for the highest-leverage version.
• For Ontario new home builders specifically: add a separate, dedicated regulatory display of the HCRA license and Tarion enrolment — see Rule (Ontario new home builder sites): display HCRA license and Tarion enrolment SEPARATELY from the HBA logo strip — they are regulatory trust signals, not voluntary memberships. These are NOT part of the HBA logo strip.
• See the parallel rules for credential displays at Rule (renovator client sites): display RenoMark in the footer affiliations strip with equal visual weight to local HBA, BBB, HomeStars, Houzz (RenoMark-specific) and Rule (Tier-2 ICI GC sites): display "Name, P.Eng., GSC" post-nominal with a one-line tooltip explaining the credential at grade-8–10 reading level (Gold Seal-specific).