On Wednesday, April 28, we organize, together with Housing in REAS Red de Redes (the state network of the Social and Solidarity Economy), a webinar to analyze the situation and perspectives of the financing of cooperative housing in right of use.

The webinar will last all morning, from 10 a.m. to 13 p.m., and will have different sessions where we can hear from specific experiences of projects in Catalonia, Madrid or Asturias, to financial entities such as Fiare, Coop57 or Caixa d'Enginyers.

The sessions are intended for people from cooperative housing projects and for groups interested in this alternative model of access to housing. In addition to analyzing the current situation of financing projects throughout the state, the aim of the meeting is to spread the keys to be taken into account in the financing of self-managed cooperative right of use models. In addition, it also seeks to generate awareness on the part of the groups about the difficulties in the financing process, how to deal with them and how to work to overcome them.

Undoubtedly, an essential and crucial meeting for the current incipient situation of the movement for cooperative housing in right of use.

Program

10:00am – INTRODUCTION: HOUSING IN REAS (5min)
Presentation of the State Housing Group in REAS, as a process of creating a state network of self-managed cooperative housing initiatives
> Rubén Mendez, Technical Secretary Housing REAS

10:10am – CURRENT SITUATION (30min)
Status of the financing of cooperative housing projects in right of use and main challenges of the ecosystem.

> David Guard, Sostre Cívic, Model and advocacy area coordinator.
> Joana gomez, Business Awareness.

10:40am – FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Debate between an entity with extensive experience in project financing and an entity that has not yet carried out operations.

> Juan Garibi, Commercial Director Spain Fiare Banca Etica. 
> Juanjo Llopis, Business Director of Caixa d'Ingenyers. 
> Guillem Fernandez, Economist Loans Area Coop57.

11:20AM – COOPERATIVE WORLD
Vision and experience of financing from cooperative housing projects in the State.

> Ricardo Moriñigo, Appetizers (Intergenerational, Madrid)
> María Asuncion Perez Lassa, Gather (Intergen., Asturias)
> Jaime Moreno, Trabensol (Senior, Madrid)
> Gemma Nogués, Can Carner (Rural, Castellar del Vallés, Catalonia).

12:20 PM – OPEN DEBATE
Open debate between the participants and opening round of questions to people from la sala of video conference.

13:00 PM – CLOSING OF THE DAY