As part of Urbanize! festival Predrag Milić moderated the panel “Let’s talk about money” where experiences were shared with cooperative housing initiatives from Austria and finance experts. With colleagues from the European cooperative MOBA Housing, the establishment of a regional fund (MOBA Accelerator) for the launch of a new housing cooperative in Southeast Europe was presented.
Part of the program was a visit to the first two residential projects of the habitAT network in Austria – Schlor and Bikes and Rails.
6th October 2023
Let’s talk about money
The Forefronts of the New Cooperative Housing Initiatives in Europe
Reporting from the Forefronts of the New Cooperative Housing Initiatives across Europe, the event presents new approaches on establishing affordable housing in the Central South East European (CSEE) Region. The panel will bring together representatives of the MOBA Housing SCEE from Belgrade, Budapest and Zagreb and from the habiTAT Mietshäuser Syndikat in Vienna together with financial experts from ZEF Ethical Banking Cooperative and Erste Bank Social Banking. By visiting the local Mietshäuser Syndicate initiative Bikes and Rails, the session showcases and compares existing financial strategies of emerging housing initiatives and illuminates specific financing approaches for affordable housing. The event will discuss needs, learnings, strategies and tools around financing approaches and possible collaborations for fostering housing alternatives across Europe.
With MOBA Housing SCE (Csaba Jelinek, ACRED, HUN; Ivon Pavlović and Goran Jeras, ZEF, CRO) habiTAT Mietshäuser Syndikat (Florian Humer, Willy*Fred, SchloR, AUT) ERSTE Group Social Banking (Florian Ott, AUT)
Intro and moderation: Predrag Milic (Angewandte, Social Design, AUT)
Mit MOBA Housing SCE (European Cooperative Society) , ACRED – Alliance for Collaborative Real Estate Development , ZEF Ethical Financing Cooperative , habiTAT Mietshäuser Syndikat , Florian Ott – Erste Group Social Banking , Predrag Milić und Lisa Hahn
Entrance through the garden on the back of Bikes and Rails