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Affordable Living – Working in Solidarity
At Solidara.net, we are developing a new cooperative model for living and working that lowers costs, creates freedom, and strengthens community. Instead of rigid rental apartments, our investor community builds modular housing units on jointly financed land, which can be individually combined.
Each member of our cooperative can flexibly assemble their own living and working space – e.g., from a one-room apartment (bedroom and bathroom) as a tiny terraced unit and private retreat to a temporarily bookable furnished living room with fitted kitchen, up to shared workspaces or playrooms for children. Housing thus becomes more affordable, versatile, easily downsizable in old age, easier to exchange within a generational village, and more sustainable.
A New Village Community
The cooperative is inspired by proven concepts such as the Gartenring in Germany, the Rundling villages in Wendland, the Moshav in Israel, and the Brøndby Garden City in Denmark.
YouTube Video: Brøndby Garden City
These ideas were collected and developed over the past eight years by Werner Noske as the initiator of Solidara.net to enable affordable living and solidarity-based work in regional and transregional business networks as well as private living and working communities across Europe.
With a growing number of supporters, we are collectively building a worldwide network within Solidara.net and contributing more good ideas. This makes the cooperative attractive both to investors inside and outside the EU and to people seeking an alternative lifestyle.
Solidarity-based Economy as the Key
Carsharing, a communal Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), a food cooperative, or in-house services – from cleaning to care – can, for example, be provided by individual members and serve as sources of income.
Solidarity economy expands the possibilities to reduce costs:
Appliances such as washing machines, dishwashers, or garden tools can be purchased and used collectively while being centrally maintained and kept in good condition.
All services can be organized so that a fair balance emerges: users pay affordable contributions while service providers receive appropriate compensation.
More Quality of Life for Average Earners
Even things usually considered luxuries become affordable through the community: a garden swimming pool or a quincho – a covered terrace with a grill kitchen popular in South America for shared asado – are available to the community. This is made possible through collective investments that benefit everyone.
Thus, the Solidara Housing Cooperative optionally combines affordable housing with a solidarity-based living and working model that creates freedom, security, and quality of life for all.
Advantages of Our Innovative Concept
Individual & Flexible
- Spaces can be used privately or communally
- temporarily exchanged or rented through the cooperative
- ideal for people with changing housing needs or seasonal stays
Affordable & Eligible for Funding
- Each module can be financed through various funding programs (e.g., KfW in Germany, EU funds in Bulgaria, local programs in Turkey)
- Investors can use individual modules as retirement provision
Community & Solidarity
- Beyond private housing, coworking spaces, communal kitchens, dining services and recreational areas arise that strengthen community life.
- Shared use reduces costs
- Supply of healthy food is provided through regional farmers and community-supported agriculture.
Ecological & Innovative
- Terraced units in CLT construction with solar roofs,
- community combined heat and power (CHP) and resource-efficient equipment
- Goal: maximum autonomy in energy, heating and water, climate-friendly living.
Topics as Values in Solidara.net
- Sustainable Construction: ecological building materials, energy-efficient construction methods, modular structures.
- Self-sufficiency & Food: community-supported agriculture, regional cooperations, communal gastronomy, strive for extensive autonomy.
- Solidarity Economy: fair cost distribution, communal financing through shares, grants and crowdfunding.
- Neighbourly Help & Community: intergenerational living, shared leisure and workspaces, social security.
- Cultural Togetherness: communal activities, exchange and integration of different lifestyles.
Get Involved
Do you find our vision exciting and want to be part of it? Then write to us at bezahlbar-wohnen@kontaktoo.com and we will add you to our AI-driven information distribution list. This way you’ll stay up to date on planned housing projects, participation opportunities and events related to the Solidara Housing Cooperative.
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