Housing Cooperatives, or in German a "Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft", offers affordability, safety, below the market rates and lifelong tenancy, if you wish. No landlord. No mortgage. Could this be the affordable housing crisis that we have all been searching for? Go to https://ground.news/ashton to see what mainstream media isn’t showing you. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access this month.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:05 What is a Housing Cooperative?
06:41 Housing Cooperatives as Social Housing
08:41 Why are they so popular in Germany?
13:10 How Co-Ops Could Help the US Housing Crisis
16:41 So What’s the Downside?

Episode No. 155
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The housing market needs more condos. why are so few being built?.

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