The WohnprojekteVZ is a co-housing directory and comprises www.neue-wohnformen.de and www.wohnprojekte-portal.de.
… was developed by NetWerk GmbH in Balingen out of personal interest in the topic of some staff members.
… is run by Stiftung trias, charitable foundation for land, ecology and housing in Hattingen (Ruhr).
The Forum Gemeinschaftliches Wohnen e.V. (www.fgw-ev.de) – Forum for Communal Housing – in Hanover is WohnprojekteVZ special partner. The network of partners may comprise parties from different backgrounds and is conceived as an open network: new partners are welcome!
The WohnprojekteVZ connects the different portals, providing visitors with a single point of entryto the database while allowing them to focus on different areas of interest. New forms of housing and new living constellations continue to attract increasing attention.The database currently shows only projects that already exist and provides links to further reading, events and relevant contacts.
The WohnprojekteVZ also provides a platform for individuals, project groups, projects in the process of formation and completed projects to register their projects and/or personal interest. A search function allows individuals to search for potential partners and stay informed via email of new initiatives and housing offers.
Other users include local municipalities, who can use the portal in the context of demographic change or community advice centres to assist people in finding places of interest to them, for example for the elderly, disabled, single parents or simply interested persons.
The network and its separate websites are run as a non-profit venture. Any charges for using particular services provided by neue-wohnformen.de contribute to the running costs of the portal by its partners. The portal operators will continue to cover the ongoing costs of the portals from their own funds for as long as is necessary.
Stiftung trias has three main pillars:
- Community-oriented self-managed housing with a common ideal or social principle
- A different approach to land use not based on land speculation and consumption
- Ecology: building biology, energy efficiency, and nature conservation
https://www.stiftung-trias.de/die-stiftung/
The portal provides knowledge and support for community-oriented housing projects, building groups, local neighbourhoods and residential communities. It serves as a point of reference for people interested in founding, joining or developing community-oriented housing projects.
It main areas of focus are events, projects, a network for consultants, and the provision of information (federal states, banks, foundations, reading material…) and education.
NetWerk GmbH, Balingen
The NetWerk GmbH is a full-service provider for internet and intranet services. From the development of an initial strategy to the realisation of the end project, NetWerk can help clients realise projects of all kinds.
Several years ago, NetWerk GmbH developed the www.neue-wohnformen.de internet portal as a communication platform for interested users and providers in the field of new and alternative housing forms and ways of living.
As part of the WohnprojekteVZ network, the neue-wohnformen.de portal concentrates on the following target groups:
- Social welfare care providers
- Investors
- Property developers