Housing co-operatives in Germany: 160 years of evolution and resilience

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dc.contributor.authorPfatteicher, Peter Alexander Carlen
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Oliveen
dc.contributor.authorPower, Carolen
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-02T11:30:06Z
dc.date.available2024-07-02T11:30:06Z
dc.date.issued2024en
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the evolution and resilience of housing co-operatives in Germany from their beginning 160 years ago to the present against the backdrop of an ever-changing political, economic, social, and cultural environment. We divide the discussion into five parts: 1803-1914 — The Rise of Housing Co-operatives; 1914-1933 — World War I and the Weimar Republic; 1933-1945 — Destruction of Housing Co-operative Values and Principles, and World War II; 1945-October 1990 — A New Beginning. Housing Co-operatives in East and West Germany; and Post-1990 — From Unification to Today’s Challenges. We examine select events and developments and their impact on housing co-operatives. We argue that, despite challenges and threats, especially in times of crisis, housing co-operatives persevered, proving resilient and meeting members’ housing needs, motivated by self-help and supported by established core values and principles. Meeting members’ housing needs makes housing co-operatives especially relevant now, given Germany’s ongoing housing crisis. Lastly, we argue other countries can learn from the experience of German housing co-operatives, and establish and support a co-operative framework that allows housing co-operatives to focus on core values and principles, which are the source of co-operative resilience.en
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dc.identifier.citationPfatteicher, P.A.C., McCarthy, O. and Power, C. (2024) ‘Housing co-operatives in Germany: 160 years of evolution and resilience’, Journal of Co-operative Studies, 57(1), pp. 39–53. Available at: https://doi.org/10.61869/GCSP6342.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.61869/GCSP6342en
dc.identifier.endpage53en
dc.identifier.issn0961-5784en
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Co-operative Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage39en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16051
dc.identifier.volume57en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUK Society for Co-operative Studiesen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Co-operative Studiesen
dc.rights© The author(s) 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non Commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the Creative Commons website and the Journal of Co-operative Studies re-use guidelinesen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectHousingen
dc.subjectHousing Co-operativesen
dc.subjectGermanyen
dc.subjectResidential housingen
dc.subjectHousing crisisen
dc.subjectCo-operativesen
dc.titleHousing co-operatives in Germany: 160 years of evolution and resilienceen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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oaire.citation.volume57en
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