Last Monday, May 15, the Barcelona Municipal Housing Board announced the awarding of five municipal lots to promote cooperative housing in the city.

We have been awarded the Poblenou lot (Sant Martí), while the entity Cohabitat Cooperatiu - an initiative of which it is also a part Sostre Cívic– has been the successful bidder for the Roquetes site (Nou Barris). With these two new projects Sostre Cívic we consolidate ourselves as one of the reference entities to develop the cooperative housing model for right of use in Catalonia.

The lots will be transferred as surface rights in favor of the cooperative for a period of 75 years, with the possibility of extending it for 15 years, during which the cooperative commits to the conservation, management and maintenance of the property. From the moment the surface right is established in favor of the cooperative, it has a period of six years to finish the works and obtain the qualification of Official Protection Housing (HPO).

These two projects have been promoted and driven by groups of members of the entity. the group La Balma, in the case of Poblenou, and by the group Cirerers by Roquetes.

Cooperatives of architects the cabbage, teaming up with La Boqueria, Celobert will be in charge of carrying out the Poblenou (C. Espronceda, 131-135) and Roquetes (C. Pla dels Cirerers, 2-4), respectively. Both projects will be financed by the ethical bank Fiare.

In addition, last May 29 it took place in the Aula Ronda, del Col·lectiu Ronda, the presentation to members of the projects in which he will participate Sostre Cívic.

At the event, a brief explanation was given of the process that has been followed within the organization to be able to carry out the projects, followed by the team of architects from La Col and Celobert they explained their respective projects.

If you want to learn more about the projects and groups, go here:

• • Description of La Balma i images of the project
  • Description of Cirerers i images of the project