GdW Federal Association of German Housing and Real Estate Companies

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The GdW Federal Association of German Housing and Real Estate Companies is a federal professional association and interest group for the housing industry in Germany. It has its seat in Berlin and the legal form of a registered association . Its members are in turn associations, mostly state associations. As the “Association of Associations”, the GdW is the leading association of the German housing industry.

The GdW (originally: General Association of German Housing Companies) is the direct successor of the GGW, the general association of non-profit housing companies, which was renamed and reoriented as a result of the abolition of non-profit housing in 1989. He continues to represent many of the formerly non-profit housing companies, which, in comparison to the times of non-profit housing, have often grown into large listed companies with a stronger market orientation.

Member associations

The 15 member associations have around 3,000 members. Together they represent a stock of approx. 6 million apartments, which corresponds to around 17% of the total or 30% of the rental apartment stock in Germany.

The 15 member associations of the GdW include:

Housing company

The housing companies supported by the regional associations of the GdW belong to the following sectors:

  • Housing associations
  • Municipal housing associations
  • Public housing associations of the federal and state governments
  • Private housing associations
  • Church housing company
  • Other housing companies

Organizations

The association is a member of the European Movement Network and the Federal Association of Central Associations of the Real Estate Industry .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan Kuhnert, Olof Leps: New non-profit housing - Springer . P. 7 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-658-17570-2 ( springer.com [accessed February 27, 2017]).