Category: Projects

The process to join the driving group of the Catllar project for the elderly is now open

24.07.2018

Last week we presented a new cooperative housing project for right of use that we are promoting in Catllar (Camp de Tarragona) in two informative talks in Barcelona and Tarragona with a large attendance of interested people.

The aim of the project is to promote the first cooperative housing development in right of use specifically for the elderly (senior) in Catalonia. This project will be the first phase of the rehabilitation of La Fàbrica del Catllar, a heritage of high historical, social and architectural value, in a very interesting landscape environment. In this first phase, it is planned to develop 30 supervised homes, in right of use, and a wide range of collective spaces and services that respond to the needs of the driving group.

The driving group is formed and consolidated with people interested in being part of the project, future users. People interested in being part of the driving group must register in the following form (between July 24 and August 8):
Application form to be part of the project's driving group>>

Informative talk to resolve doubts

Wednesday August 1, 17pm
C/Casp, 43, Baixos, Barcelona

Press releases

the factory El Catllar will be the first cohabiting senior housing in Catalonia, The vanguard,18/07/2018
They will recover an old factory complex of El Catllar for cooperative housing. Month, 11/07/2017
La Fàbrica del Catllar will become the first senior cooperative housing development in Catalonia, Tarragona21, 11/07/2017

#LaFàbrica
#CohabitatElCatllar
#CohabitationSenior

We promote the urban farmhouse: an alternative to access to housing!

17.07.2018

Urban farmhouses are a type of collective housing project based on non-speculative models, recognized by law, which is based on an agreement between the owner of a home (who transfers its use for a certain period of time) and the farmhouses (who undertake agreed renovation and maintenance works). The renovation works and maintenance actions can have different scopes and objectives, and are adjusted to the capacities and expectations of both parties.

A Sostre Cívic we promote urban farming to give exchange value and use in housing, give more affordable access to people and groups, activate and mobilize empty, damaged or outdated housing and rehabilitate disused heritage with criteria of accessibility and sustainability.

If you are interested in this alternative model of access to housing, you can download the manual we have edited on urban masoveria. The manual includes the four essential steps: defining the group, searching for the heritage, defining the project and executing the masoveria.

We present the first co-housing project for the elderly in Catalonia

16.07.2018

We present the first co-housing project for the elderly that we are promoting in El Catllar (Camp de Tarragona) with the recovery of La Fàbrica to develop a cooperative housing project for shared use with shared services and spaces for active and self-managed aging.

This project aims to respond to the strong social demand for collective housing with services for the over 65 age group. The rehabilitation of the Fàbrica del Catllar proposes a new model for the reactivation of disused heritage of high historical, social and architectural value. At the same time, sustainable and efficient construction criteria and energy rehabilitation and collective energy management will be applied.

The social, supportive and transformative economy is the paradigm that will govern the project, as it will promote democratic management and the value of use of housing with a non-speculative model. In addition, the project aims to enhance and protect the green space of high ecological value that surrounds La Fàbrica del Catllar, as well as its great landscape value.

People interested in learning about the project have the opportunity to attend the presentations that we will make in Barcelona and Tarragona and register on the interested party form to be part of the driving group that will be set up in the coming months.

Form for people interested in being part of the driving group>>

Download the press release>>

Informative talks in Barcelona and Tarragona

Monday, July 16, 17:00 p.m
C/Bailén 5, Baixos,
Barcelona

Thursday, July 19, 17:00 p.m
Municipal home for pensioners
and center retirees
C/ Adrià, 4, Tarragona

#LaFàbrica
#CohabitatElCatllar
#CohabitationSenior

The neighbors of Princesa49 they already have the keys to their homes!

29.06.2018

Last Friday, June 15, the roof of Princesa49 it was filled with partners to celebrate the handing over of house keys to the users of the project's driving group. Princesa 49 represents the first cooperative housing project in right of use in the city of Barcelona, ​​another step for the cooperative model in right of use and for the cooperative.

Eira, Esther, Chus and Cleia, some of the new residents of the building, opened the doors of their house to us so that the rest of the partners could visit the homes that are already ready to start moving. The rehabilitation works were completed last May after a year of activities in the building.

From September we will make a few more visits to the building when the users are already installed so that those members who have not yet been able to visit can get to know the project.

Final stretch of the project's rehabilitation works Princesa49 in Old City

30.04.2018

There are only a few weeks left to complete the rehabilitation works that are being carried out in the building of Princesa49, the first cooperative housing project in right of use of the entity in Barcelona. The actions have made it possible to fully rehabilitate the multi-family building from the 75th century, owned by Barcelona City Council, and transferred as surface rights in favor of the cooperative for a period of 20 years. The works started a year ago, on April 2017, 57, with a work commencement ceremony attended by representatives of the General Directorate of Social Economy, Barcelona City Council and CoopXNUMX.

The comprehensive rehabilitation of the building between partitions has allowed us to recover and reconfigure 5 homes, one per floor, between 45m2 and 65m2 and three spaces for collective use on the ground floor in relation to the neighborhood, a study on the first floor second and the cover.

The rehabilitation has made it possible to significantly improve the energy performance of the building, improve accessibility and recover distinctive elements such as hydraulic floors, interior and exterior carpentry and original ceilings.

The rehabilitation works are carried out by Aprise Empresa d'Inserció Social, SCCL specialized in reforms and rehabilitations and are financed by the Coop57 and the initial contributions of the users and future neighbors of the building.

The future users, members of the driving group, have participated in the configuration and design of the project through a participatory process and during the works they have made a series of visits to the building to finally decide on the finishes and monitor the different actions that were being carried out.

We face the final stretch with great enthusiasm to launch the first cooperative housing project in right of use in Barcelona very soon!

Related Press

Solution to the lack of housing: cooperative flats on municipal land, TV3, 20/04/2018
Neighborhood code: Housing, Beteve, 19/04/2018
An 'anti-speculation' model in Princesa, 49, the newspaper, 22/02/2018
The cooperative housing flats on Carrer de la Princesa are about to be completed, BTV, 21/02/2018
The first block of cooperative housing given by the Barcelona City Council last completed, The vanguard, 21/02/2018

We buy the plot of land in Cardedeu to promote the project of Cal Paler Nou

3.04.2018

Last week, the purchase of the Cardedeu site was made effective where the project of Cal Paler Nou (previously called "La Serreta"). The project takes another step with the purchase and consolidation of the plot. The cooperative thus recovers a plot of private property, guaranteeing that with the cooperative ownership of the land, speculation will be avoided and the right to housing of the cooperative members who constitute the driving group of the project can be guaranteed.

The plot has a privileged location in the municipality of Cardedeu, on the edge of the agricultural park and the Serreta park and close to the station and the entry point to the town centre. A cooperative housing building will be built on the site under a lease of use regime for up to 39 homes of different sizes and with the commitment to co-housing with the design of large areas of common spaces. The project is also committed to sustainability and energy efficiency.

During the month of February, the process of constitution and consolidation of the project's driving group was carried out and in the coming months the definition of the project and the design of the spaces will be carried out through a participatory process between the driving group and the technical teams of the collective project to respond to individual and collective needs.

This project means a strengthening of the model and the cooperative for the recovery of private assets, capitalization and implementation in the territory of the model.

Tornassol: the success of the participatory titles campaign

Sostre Cívic dropped the campaign Tornassol last February with the issuance of 600 participatory titles of 500 euros each with the aim of co-financing the purchase of the plot collectively together with the contributions of the partners who are part of the project's driving group. The support of citizens and organizations has made it possible to exceed the goals set: in a period of 20 days more than €450.000 have been collected. 

We are starting the registration application process to be part of the driving group in Calonge and Sant Antoni

21.03.2018

This cooperative housing project in right of use , promoted by the cooperative in collaboration with the Calonge and Sant Antoni City Council, will be the first in the Girona regions and will become the first project of this nature specifically for young people in the country. The objective is to acquire a disused building to have, after comprehensive rehabilitation, 14 homes in right of use for the members who are part of the project's driving group.

All partners interested in participating in the project can apply for registration from March 21 on the website of Sostre Cívic.

Project registration application process

To request your enrollment in the driving group:

  1. Fill out the form (FORM LINK)
  2. Send to info@sostrecivic.cat (Concept: Calonge) the following scanned documentation:
    - ID, NIE
    – Historical registration flyer
    It is essential to be a member of the cooperative to participate.

Priority criteria for participation in the project

  • Be a member of Sostre Cívic (you can register at next form)
  • Being young (under 35 years old, born from 1983 inclusive)
  • Resident of Calonge and Sant Antoni (Registered from January 1, 2017 to the present or 10 years of registration throughout life.)

The prioritization criterion will be for the young people of the municipality according to seniority in the cooperative (date of registration in the cooperative).
Secondly, priority will be given to young people (from outside the municipality) according to seniority in the cooperative.
Thirdly, priority will be given to people from the municipality (not young people) according to seniority in the cooperative as well.

Publication of the driving group and waiting list

The list of registered people will be published, organized according to the prioritization criteria, which will include the people who are part of the driving group and the waiting list.

After the publication of the list to be part of the driving group you will need to sign an agreement document to join the driving group and make a contribution of €1.000.

Informative sessions

27/04 at 19:00 at Palau Feral - Sant Antoni

For any questions or clarifications, contact info@sostrecivic.ca t.

Institutional visit to the project Princesa49 to Barcelona

23.02.2018

Last February 21 we opened the doors of the project Princesa49 to receive the visit of the main actors of the promotion of cooperative housing in right of use to the first building ceded by the City Council to an entity to promote cooperative housing in a regime of right of use for 75 years.

The Barcelona City Council participated in the event, Mr. Gerardo Pisarello, first deputy mayor of Barcelona, ​​Mr. Josep Maria Muntaner, housing councilor and Mr. Álvaro Porro, commissioner of Social Economy and Local Development and Consumption together with the representatives of the Generalitat. Mr. Jaume Forn, Director of the Catalan Housing Agency of Catalonia and Mr. Josep Vidal, Director General of Social Economy, Third Sector, Cooperatives and Autoempresa de Catalunya. The event was also attended by the coordinator of Coop 57, Ramon Pascual and the manager ofAprise Social insertion, Victor López.

During the day, a first presentation of the project and the process was made in the Sala Noble of the Convent of Sant Agustí in Barcelona with the participation of David Guàrdia de Sostre Cívic, Eira Melé, president of Fase Princesa 49, Núria Petit, project coordinator and Joan Barba, construction manager of the cooperative housing project of Princesa 49.

Subsequently, the building at C/ Princesa 49 was visited, the cooperative is currently carrying out the comprehensive rehabilitation works of the property which will end in April and consists of 5 homes and community spaces. 6 coexistence units participate in the project and the users have participated throughout the decision-making process as explained by Eira in the presentation of the project.

Related news:
The first block of cooperative housing given by the Barcelona City Council last completed, The vanguard, 21/02/2018
An 'anti-speculation' model in Princesa, 49, the newspaper, 22/02/2018
The first block of cooperative housing given by the Barcelona City Council last completed, The vanguard, 21/02/2018

Tornassol: participatory titles for the project in Cardedeu!

16.02.2018

let's start Tornassol, a funding campaign to boost thecooperative housing in Cardedeu!

Let's launch this one campaign to issue participatory titles with the aim of buying a private lot in the municipality of Cardedeu, where it will be built Cal Paler Nou (previously called "La Serreta"), a cooperative housing building under a right of use regime.

The financing campaign, named as Tornassol, flight achieve a pioneering challenge in Catalonia: recover a privately owned lot and guarantee the right to housing for the residents of Cardedeu. To finance the purchase of the plot, we have issued 600 participation certificates, worth 500 euros each, which can be purchased until March 1.

We want to achieve, thanks to collective financing, a new impetus to deal, in a self-organized way, with the real estate bubble and speculation. We don't want the Cardedeu project to be unique, but we want to replicate it in other places in order to recover the private land and return it to the citizens!

The building will consist of 39 homes of different sizes, where the collective spaces will be very important. In addition, it will be built in a privileged space, connected to an agricultural park and the peri-urban park of La Serreta.

La Baula's team of architects will be in charge of the design of the project and from Sostre Cívic we have already launched a promoter group of members who will promote the promotion through a participatory process.

More information at www.tornassol.coop

Premiere of the documentary project of Princesa49 in Betevé

9.02.2018

Betevé's Doc's program premieres the documentary project Princesa 49 next Saturday, February 10th, starting at 19:25 p.m.

The documentary was made by Out of Frame, Journalism association and produced by the same association, Sostre Cívic and with the collaboration of Barcelona City Council.

We accompany the process of transformation of the building and the process of participation of future users. The documentary contextualizes the cooperative project in the neighborhood and in the district where it is located, Ciutat Vella. A neighborhood marked by speculation, the actions of investment funds, gentrification and mass tourism that in recent years has emptied the neighborhood of neighbors. Follow-up of the participation of the users of Princesa 49 in the participatory design of the housing project and shared common spaces. The cooperative housing model in right of use is based on the active participation of the members of the cooperative

Currently, the housing project is still in the final stretch of the rehabilitation works of the building at number 49 Princesa Street.

Don't miss the opportunity to get to know the project through its protagonists.