
Participatory titles
de La Balma
La Balma it was our first newly built cooperative housing project, located on a municipal plot of land in the Poblenou district of Barcelona ceded by Barcelona City Council for 75 years. It represents a successful model of access to affordable, sustainable and self-managed housing by the community. The coexistence phase opened in July 2021, the project has 20 homes and shared spaces that promote coexistence and solidarity between partners. La Balma has become a benchmark for social innovation in the field of cooperative housing, demonstrating that it is possible to offer viable alternatives to the traditional property model in urban areas.
The external funding of this project is thanks to Fiare-Ethical Banking, and complemented by participatory titles issued by Sostre Cívic. By maintaining these titles we guarantee that the quotas are affordable and that the cooperative housing model can be replicated in other projects.