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<p>Housing cooperatives have to meet big challenges. They are well known as providers of affordable and safe housings. But now ensuring the energy procurement for their members has increased in relevance. New economic and political developments threaten investments in new houses and energetic refurbishment of the existing buildings in order to achieve the government’s climate protection goals. Long-term relations within the cooperatives and their focus on the MemberValue promote their resilience, but they cannot prevent the current predominance of crisis management blocking necessary strategic decisions.</p>
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Housing cooperatives have to meet big challenges. They are well known as providers of affordable and safe housings. But now ensuring the energy procurement for their members has increased in relevance. New economic and political developments threaten investments in new houses and energetic refurbishment of the existing buildings in order to achieve the government’s climate protection goals. Long-term relations within the cooperatives and their focus on the MemberValue promote their resilience, but they cannot prevent the current predominance of crisis management blocking necessary strategic decisions.

Housing Cooperatives in Challenging Times

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Housing cooperatives have to meet big challenges. They are well known as providers of affordable and safe housings. But now ensuring the energy procurement for...

Housing Cooperatives in Challenging Times

Publicado en línea: 24 ene 2023

Páginas: 12 - 15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2023-0008

© 2023 Theresia Theurl, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.