Coopérative d'utilité publique Cité Derrière
2 active listingsThe Coopérative Cité Derrière was founded in 1995 and specializes in building affordable-rent housing and adapted housing with support (Lada). Most of its buildings are developed with support from the canton and the relevant municipality, which control the rents. The cooperative is recognized as being of public utility and has no profit-making purpose. All income is reinvested for the benefit of the buildings. The cooperative is a member of the Association romande des maîtres d’ouvrage d’utilité publique (ARMOUP).
Overview
- 1600 Apartments
- Avenue de la Gare 29, 1003 Lausanne
- Genf, Waadt, Freiburg
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Membership Requirements
- Subscribe and pay for at least one cooperative share
- Pay any applicable annual contributions
- Pay the admission fee
- After a dwelling is allocated, subscribe to cooperative shares equivalent to three months’ net rent; they serve as the rental guarantee.
- Subsidized dwellings are subject to cantonal income limits and occupancy requirements.
- Minimum occupancy for subsidized dwellings: 1- and 2-room dwellings: 1 person; 3 rooms: 2–3 people; 4 rooms: 4 people; 5 rooms: 5 people. For single-parent families: 3 rooms: 2 people; 4 rooms: 3 people; 5 rooms: 4 people.
- For adapted housing: be independent, need this type of housing, wish to integrate into this type of living arrangement, and live in the municipality concerned.
- For student housing: submit a complete application file and provide a guarantor with sufficient income; the income must be at least three times the rent.
- For student housing, depending on applicant status, applicants must provide, among other things, a passport copy, EPFL enrollment confirmation or employment contract or the three most recent payslips, and, where applicable, a residence permit and debt-enforcement register extract.
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