After the real estate crisis and the slow recovery that followed, there was an increase in housing cooperatives in our country. In today’s blog article by ShBarcelona we will explain what a housing cooperative is and what its advantages and disadvantages are. Maybe joining a housing cooperative can be of interest to you.
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A housing cooperative is a non-profit organisation based on a group of people, and this group is coming together to share its need for a property. The underlying idea is to be able to access the housing market with remarkable quality homes at a reduced price, or at least less expensive than other newly developed homes.
The housing cooperative develops a property on its own initiative, so homes can later be granted to its members, who are part of the cooperative. The cooperative is a non-profit organisation, and the members of the cooperative are both initiator and beneficiary.
Cooperative members are involved in every important step and decision that needs to be made. Cooperatives are in essence a democratic community with a high level of participation. So an important element of being a cooperative is coming to a consensus with the group, without the capital playing a leading role.
Housing cooperatives are regulated by law in the Autonomous Community they are in. As a result every cooperative has its own statute on its operating procedures, structure and bodies (General Assembly, Auditor and Governing Council).
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Would you like to know what the advantages of a housing cooperative are? Keep reading to find out whether or not to consider becoming a member:
Here are some disadvantages of housing cooperatives:
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