Swiss tenants' association
SMV Swiss Tenants' Association, ASLOCA Association suisse des locataires, ASI Associazione Svizzera Inquilini (SMV, ASLOCA, ASI) |
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legal form | society |
purpose | Umbrella organization of the Swiss cantonal and intercantonal sections of the linguistic regional umbrella organizations |
Seat | Bern |
founding | 1915
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place | Biel |
president | Carlo Sommaruga |
Secretary General | Natalie Imboden |
Website | https://www.mieterverband.ch/mv/bildung-verband/organisation/smv.html |
The SMV Swiss Tenants' Association (fr. ASLOCA Association suisse des locataires , it. ASI Associazione Svizzera Inquilini ) represents the interests of Swiss tenants at national level. It is constituted as an association and acts as the umbrella organization for the regional language associations: The Tenants' Association of German-speaking Switzerland (MVD), the Tenants' Association of Western Switzerland (ASLOCA) and the Tenants' Association of Ticino (ASI).
With a total of over 210,000 members, the association is one of the largest in Switzerland .
The local associations provide representatives for the cantonal arbitration boards and rental courts. These are composed equally of representatives from the tenant side and the landlord side.
See also
Web links
- Official website of the umbrella association of tenants 'associations in German-speaking Switzerland: Tenants' Association of German-speaking Switzerland
- Official website of the umbrella association of tenants' associations in French-speaking Switzerland: Association Suisse des Locataires (ASLOCA)
- Official website of the umbrella association of tenants' associations in Ticino: Associazione Svizzera inquilini (ASI)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 100 years of tenants' association - and there is still work to do. Retrieved January 18, 2019 .
- ↑ 100 years of tenants' association - and there is still work to do. Retrieved January 18, 2019 .