{"id":339911,"date":"2025-03-02T12:58:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T11:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripess.eu\/?p=339911"},"modified":"2025-03-05T10:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T09:44:15","slug":"housing-alternatives-the-case-of-moba-in-central-south-eastern-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.eu.ripess.rio20.net\/en\/housing-alternatives-the-case-of-moba-in-central-south-eastern-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Alternatives: The case of Moba in Central-South Eastern Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moba is<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 a network of pioneering housing cooperatives\u00a0from<\/b><\/span> Belgrade (<\/span>Pametnija Zgrada<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/span>Ko Gradi Grad<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>), Budapest (<\/span>ACRED<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0\/ Zugl\u00f3 Collective House Association), \u00a0Ljubljana (<\/span>Zadrugator<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>), D\u011b\u010d\u00edn\u00a0(<\/span>Vzletn\u00fd Racek<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>),\u00a0Prague (<\/span>Sd\u00edlen\u00e9 domy<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/span>Prvn\u00ed Vla\u0161tovka<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>) and Zagreb (<\/span>Cooperative Open Architecture<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>) \u00a0with long-term support from the\u00a0<\/span>Cooperative for Ethical Financing (ZEF)<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>urbaMonde<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>World Habitat<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>. Moba group responds to similar problems of housing access and affordability in the cities, with a common approach based on the cooperative model, and innovative approach to housing.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2017, a group of coops decided to join forces and meet regularly to build the necessary pool of expertise, capacities and (financial) instruments to launch pilot projects in the reference region. Since 2020, Moba is incorporated as a European Cooperative Society (SCE)<\/p>\n

Pilot Projects
\n<\/span><\/strong>Flagship projects are being prepared and getting launched \u2013 a crucial proof of concept for the MOBA approach<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Vzletn\u00fd Racek<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Czech Republic) is a community house in the city of D\u011b\u010d\u00edn (North Bohemia) . This repurposed villa encompasses 770 m2 (15 rooms + 2 kitchens), plus a basement and a 1 700 m2 garden. The first floor is being put to use as a community space and while the upper two floors are for community living. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pametnija Zgrada<\/span><\/strong> (Serbia) is projected as a 4-story building just outside of the\u00a0center\u00a0of Belgrade. It will incorporate a range of apartments for different living requirements, including single users, families, and co-housing arrangements,\u00a0totalling\u00a0about 1000 m2 of apartment space.
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\u2022\u00a0Zugl\u00f3 Collective House Association<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Hungary) is a 3-storey multi-family house in one of the popular residential areas just outside the\u00a0center\u00a0of Budapest. In this building, private spaces will be around 20 m2 per person, with further 150 m2 common spaces (kitchens, bathrooms, collective spaces). This means that each inhabitant will about 16 m2 common space in addition to their private area.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Zadrugator Housing Cooperative<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Slovenia) will be constructed as a three-storey building with a total floor area of 3.398, m2 net. A variety of apartments and common spaces will be located in Rakova Jel\u0161a district, a 15 min walk from the historic city\u00a0center\u00a0of Ljubljana, on a plot of 5.000 m2 provided by the municipality.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Social cooperative\u00a0<\/span>Prvn\u00ed Vla\u0161tovka<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Czech Republic) is a pilot project of a planned network of solidarity community housing in the Czech Republic. Property for realisation, located in Prague 6, was bought in January 2022 for ca. \u20ac 1,500,000 with additional \u20ac 500,00 planned for its reconstruction. The project Prvn\u00ed vla\u0161tovka will offer 500 m2 of housing area as well as 30 m2 of a semi-private community space for its residents and ca..<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t