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I´m Enrico i´m from the housing syndicate. To be more accurate i´m working there as a consultant for the region of
Berlin/ Brandenburg
berlin/ brandenburg. i´m consulting self organiced groups who
want to overtake
houses.
The houses should belong to the people who live in them
This we cover with our structure.
Meaning the residents manage their houses. They manage construction works, rents a.s.o
The housing projects for themselves are
economical self-sufficient
The only difference to normal housing is that there is no profit involved
To achieve this we´re working with a formal structure
it is very classical in the beginning it sounds very capitalistic as we´re working with the law form
of a GmBh (limited liability company)
so the groups manage together with the syndicate this GmbH
and with a shareholder agreement
the syndicate has
the possibilities
that it has a vote in some questions
for example having the power of veto
if a group wants to sell its house
This we dont want. We want to put the houses of the free market.
Another role of the Syndicate
is the Solidarity fund
meaning every project has to pay into this fund
so smaller demands can be paid for example a lawyer
This is more for the network.the houses themselves are looking
for who they want to consult
another part of the solidarity fund in the network is used for
new projects.
For the cooperation with new groups.
So the money coming from older projects is going in the new ones
We in Berlin are trying
to consult groups who want to
buy a house
facilitate the way to get there.
Meaning to help them with the finances
Help them with group dynamics
We have Events
support the network with
network meetings
we have regional gatherings
in which the people from the houses
togetehr with the big convention
3 to 4 times a year
on a federal level
The model is practiced
in 75 Projects all over Germany
Mainly in Germany. At the moment its only possible here
as the model is created for the german law.
We have international requests as well and
are hoping that the model will expand.
The idea to withdraw the houses from the open market.
In the 75 projects are living 1800 people.
There are project spaces integrated
in the cultural sector we have for example
a Radio station in Freiburg. There is as well an archive of social movements in Freiburg.
In the network there are various visons
of how to transfer the model
to other social domains
Can you hold infrastructure
with the aim to not make profit
to simply have administrative users
The idea is to develop the strength
develop strength to
to extend the model socially
This model to not make profit
The idea to not let the free market rule
This you can do with our help
and with this model
Doenst mean that all has to be in a syndicate
Its absolutely ok that there could be copies for example for the energy sector