GdW Bundesverband deutscher Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen

The GdW Bundesverband deutscher Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen e.V. (The Federal association of German housing and real estate enterprise registered associations) is a technical and a syndicate of the housing co-operatives in Germany. Its members are again federations (mostly regional organizations): As “federation of the federations” the GdW is the central association of the German housing industry.

Member Federations

The 14 member federations of the GdW have approx. 3,200 housing enterprises as members. They represent together an existence of approx. 6.4 million dwellings, correspond to approximately 17% of the entire and/or 30% of the rental housing stock in Germany.

The 14 member federations of the GdW are:

vbw Verband baden-württembergischer Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen e.V.
VdW Bayern Verband bayerischer Wohnungsunternehmen e.V.
VdW südwest Verband der Südwestdeutschen Wohnungswirtschaft e.V.
VdW Verband der Wohnungswirtschaft Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.
VdWg Verband der Wohnungsgenossenschaften Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.
Verband Berlin-Brandenburgischer Wohnungsunternehmen e.V. (BBU)
Verband der Wohnungswirtschaft in Niedersachsen und Bremen e.V.
Verband der Wohnungswirtschaft Rheinland Westfalen e. V.
Verband Sächsischer Wohnungsgenossenschaften e.V. (VSWG)
Verband Sächsischer Wohnungsunternehmen e.V. (VSWU)
VNW Verband norddeutscher Wohnungsunternehmen e.V.
VTW Verband Thüringer Wohnungswirtschaft e.V.
PTW Prüfungsverband Thüringer Wohnungsunternehmen e.V.
Genossenschaftsverband Frankfurt e.V. Hessen - Rheinland-Pfalz - Saarland - Thüringen

Housing Enterprises

The housing enterprises cared for over the regional organizations of the GdW can be divided into the following sections:

Housing cooperatives
Local housing companies
Public housing companies of the federation and the countries
Housing companies of the private sector
Church housing enterprises
Other housing enterprises

External links

http://www.gdw.de/ Website of the GdW

Cooperatives and mutual organizations

Types of cooperative

By governance

Consumer	Cooperative federation list Cooperative wholesale society

Worker (list)	Employee ownership Workers' self-management Workers' control Workplace democracy Business and employment co-operative

Purchasing	Retailers' cooperative

Other	Social cooperative Agent-owned company

By purpose

Banking	Credit union Mutual savings bank Savings and loan association Building society

Housing	Building Cohousing Student housing Housing society (egalitarian) Intentional community

Agricultural	Collective farming Reforestation Winemaking Wheat pool

Utility (list)	Community wind energy Electric Telephone

Mutual education	Anarchistic free school Homeschool Democratic education Learning by teaching

Mutual insurance	Health insurance cooperative

Other	Food list Recycling

Topics

Identity	Rochdale Principles ICA Statement on the Cooperative Identity

Political and economic theories	Co-operative economics Cooperative federalism Distributism Economic democracy Mutualism Neo-Capitalism Owenism Social enterprise Socialism Socially responsible investing Solidarity economy

Key theorists	G. D. H. Cole Charles Gide David Griffiths William King Robert Owen Friedrich Raiffeisen David Schweickart Rochdale Pioneers Beatrice Webb

By region	Canada Ukraine United Kingdom United States

Organizations	List of cooperatives Worker Energy Federations International Co-operative Alliance Co-operative Party

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