Want to know how cooperative living is getting off the ground in other cities? On 13 May, three pioneers from Geneva, Rotterdam and Barcelona will tell how they got to work facing three challenges: land, money and group. Join the movement and register here!

In the canton of Geneva, a new housing policy came into force since the 2000s so that cooperative dwellings currently represent 5% of the city’s rental market, and the cantonal government aspires to increase this share to 10%.

The Dutch parliament voted to create a National Fund for Housing Cooperatives at the end of 2023, which has now earmarked €40 million for loans to cooperative housing projects.

Barcelona launched a government support programme in 2015. Since then, 125 housing units have been completed, 279 are under development and the aim is to reach 600 cooperative housing units by 2030.

Programme:
18h00 Doors open
18h30 Welcome and introduction by Kristiaan Borret
18h45 Lecture by Francesco Della Casa (Geneva), Arie Lengkeek
(Rotterdam) and Ivan Gallardo Ruiz (Barcelona)
19h30 Francesco Della Casa, Francesco Perrella, Arie Lengkeek and Ivan
Gallardo Ruiz in conversation with Lisa De Visscher and debate with the audience
20h30 Drink

Location: Ground floor « Perspective », Naamsestraat 59, 1000 Brussels