Do you know what senior cohousing is and would you like to make it happen? Are you interested in being part of a project in Sant Feliu de Guíxols?

The Walden XXI senior project opens registrations to incorporate other interested people to complete the driving group. Don't miss all the details!

Walden XXI: a pioneering project for an active and self-managed old age

Walden XXI is a project ofcooperative housing in right of use (HCCU) exclusively for seniors, designed to have care and health services in the future, when the users need it.

A project is proposed thirty homes adapted for the elderly, in a regime of right of use, and with a wide provision of collective spaces. The promotion will be built with criteria of social and solidarity economy and sustainability.

This project is pioneering and aims to serve as a guide for other initiatives and to be able to replicate it in other places in the territory, to offer a active and self-managed old age, and at the same time to reactivate our disused heritage, with a non-speculative housing model.

At the moment the driving group, currently made up of 30 people, has already located one property in Sant Feliu de Guíxols where the project will be located. Feasibility studies have also begun, it has been decided by architectural competition who will be in charge of the pre-project and its acquisition is being negotiated with the payment of the rent.

Come to the informative talks!

If you're interested in the project, but want to know more about it, or meet some of the people who will be part of it in person, you can't miss the talks we'll be giving this month:

• • • July 12, at 18:00 hours. In Girona
    • 19 in July, at 18:00 p.m. In Barcelona
    • There will also be another talk in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, which is pending confirmation.

How to participate?

Of all the interested people, the current driving group will choose those it considers most similar to the project. We explain how the process of incorporating new members will be:

1. • If you are interested in being part of it, fill out this form.
   • The group will analyze the different applications received and choose the ones it considers most similar. The group's criteria for welcoming new people are:
     • • Knowledge and commitment in the project, and in the cooperative model of right of use.
       • Age, and being able to set up a balanced group.
       • Professions and skills of people who can help grow the project.
     • In addition, they are essential requirements:
       • Financial capacity to meet the expected expenses.
       • Degree of autonomy.
       • Be members of SostreCívic (you can become a member here).
     • Of the people who are considered more similar, they will be invited to a personal interview to get to know each other and clarify doubts.

​​From then on, the driving group will propose the most similar people to join the project. You can find more details about the financial contributions to confirm entry to the group and the deadlines established at explanatory file of the project.

Remember fill out the registration form!

For more information and clarification of doubts, you can write to us at info.walden21.sostrecivic@gmail.com