Increasing inaccessibility of housing results in higher violation of the right to adequate housing in Slovenia. Landlords often give appartments only to well situated people, discriminating against foreigneres, low-income, students and non-employed persons. The rental contracts are often only provisional, payments hidder and non-transparent. Our main objective is to enable establishment of housing cooperatives in Slovenia and contribute toward a provision of affordable, safe and community-lead housing. We will involve diverse stakeholders in the process: initiatives for housing cooperatives, NGOs, civil initiatives, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, municipalities and public housing funds, the general public, banks and financial funds. In the long run our indirect target groups, the younger adults and the elderly, are to benefit the most, as they are also the ones who are most exposed to the housing shortage and living in housing poverty.
We are going to:
- Develop a housing cooperative model for Slovenia through a participatory process, necessary for establishment of tangible cooperative projects and serves as the basis for advocacy.
- Raise awareness, inform and activate the target groups.
- Position the NGO sectors as the promoter and advocate for housing cooperatives. We will systematically connect and strengthen the NGO sector through training and mentorship.
- Contribute to the adoption of legislation and measures that will enable establishment of housing cooperatives through advocacy on the state and local level
Each project partner from Slovenia has a specific expertize that will help us to address the issue more in-depth. IPOP has vaste experiances in spatial planning, PINA in organization and moderation of group processes, Avanta Largo with communication campaigns while the PHF is involved as a critical stakeholder. The partner from Norwas has specific knowledge on housing coops.