Fundraising 2023

by Ehud Neuhaus

  • 8.000,00

    Funding Goal
  • 2.743,00

    Funds Raised
  • 0

    Days to go
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Raised Percent :
34.29%
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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ehud Neuhaus

1 Campaigns | 0 Loved campaigns

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Campaign Story

The past years, we worked very hard to make our dream happen. As a very diverse community we are realizing a housing complex for about fifty people. It will be an alternative to housing as we know it, one that is not governed by the market, but centered around solidarity, living together, shared use, sustainability and inclusivity.

Although there is increasingly more space for housing cooperatives such as de Nieuwe Meent, we are still going against the grain: institutional parties often don’t understand why we choose to maximize our rent on the level of social housing (meaning: affordable for as many people as possible), whereas we can legally charge more. Banks treat us mostly as a commercial client, even though we are a non-profit. And the Dutch legal framework offers big housing corporations possibilities for affordable financing that we don’t have access to. On the other hand, we got a lot of support, enthusiasm and energy. From our own community, from a larger group of people that co-finance de Nieuwe Meent, from our advisors and partners, and also from institutional parties such as the City of Amsterdam and the bank. Despite all the challenges, the building is very close. All the designs are finished, we have the building and environmental permit, and the preliminary agreement with our contractor is signed. And if the world would be the same as it was little over a year ago, we would have signed for financing by the bank and the City of Amsterdam as well.

Unfortunately, we’ve been dealing with fast rising interest rates and building costs. To counter these,  we’ve been tirelessly working with our advisors on our building plans and budgets. In the final building phase, we will use recycled materials and do more of the finishing ourselves, and to create more income we set up a system in which residents pay more for the use of the collective spaces, according to their means. Also, we applied for subsidies and we are working on other sources of income, such as rental of event spaces and memberships for people in the neighborhood. We made a lot of progress, but are at this point still dependent on the full cooperation of the city and a bank that has the courage to take the next step. We are doing everything we can to make this happen.

Because of all the unforeseen delays we are facing another problem: the money we need for day to day affairs is finished, and funds from the bonds of our crowdlenders, the part of our financing that is taken care of, can only be used when we start building. To reach this phase we need to secure the rest of the financing, and for these last steps we need money. That’s why we ask you for help. It’s of vital importance that we keep paying the bills. With your donation, you give us the last small push we need to continue: from a reality that exists on paper to an actual building in which a close-knit community lives and works, and throws open the doors for the neighborhood and the city.

 

Name Donate Amount Date
Pauline Westendorp 50,00 February 13, 2023
Tsvetomira Nekova 35,00 February 11, 2023
Harmen Klapwijk 15,00 February 11, 2023
Miriam Meissner 50,00 February 11, 2023
Federico Savini 50,00 February 11, 2023
Selçuk Balamir 35,00 February 11, 2023
Beate van der Weyden 15,00 February 11, 2023
H.B. Ploegman 25,00 February 11, 2023
max de Ploeg 15,00 February 11, 2023
Anonymous 25,00 February 10, 2023
David Orthel 50,00 February 09, 2023
Josta van Bockxmeer 50,00 February 09, 2023
andrea van de Graaf 50,00 February 09, 2023
Ehud Neuhaus 50,00 February 08, 2023
Michal Grynbaum 25,00 February 06, 2023
Lauri Schippers 50,00 February 06, 2023
Andrea Verdecchia 250,00 February 05, 2023
Sara Giannini 50,00 February 05, 2023
Andrea Verdecchia 50,00 February 05, 2023
Tineke Lupi 25,00 February 03, 2023
Alexander Cronheim 18,00 February 02, 2023
Anonymous 25,00 February 01, 2023
Marcella Blok 50,00 February 01, 2023
Judith Naeff 25,00 January 29, 2023
Marjolein Fransen 50,00 January 28, 2023
Oscar Vrij 25,00 January 27, 2023
Boaz Bar Adon 15,00 January 27, 2023
Marije Baalman 100,00 January 26, 2023
Karin Christof 25,00 January 26, 2023
Dania ten Hoopen 15,00 January 26, 2023
Gerda van Bockxmeer 50,00 January 25, 2023
Zwanet Van Kraayenoord 50,00 January 25, 2023
Ricarda Braukmann 15,00 January 25, 2023
Victor Avramov 15,00 January 25, 2023
Alex Van der Bijl 25,00 January 25, 2023
liesbeth daniels 50,00 January 25, 2023
Diede Schols 125,00 January 24, 2023
Anonymous 50,00 January 24, 2023
Floresta Platteel 25,00 January 24, 2023
tessa buck 25,00 January 24, 2023
Elmar van den Berg 15,00 January 24, 2023
Marian Waals van der 50,00 January 24, 2023
M Pool 50,00 January 24, 2023
Niels Kück 20,00 January 24, 2023
henny jongerius 20,00 January 24, 2023
Stijn Verhoeff 50,00 January 24, 2023
J.A.L. Meijer 50,00 January 24, 2023
Oep Schilling 100,00 January 24, 2023
Michael Vermeer 15,00 January 24, 2023
Anonymous 15,00 January 24, 2023
Siza Terhorst 15,00 January 24, 2023
Siward Zomer 25,00 January 24, 2023
Mirjam Heugten 15,00 January 23, 2023
Karen Koole 25,00 January 23, 2023
Ingrid Beerends 25,00 January 23, 2023
Andrea Verdecchia 250,00 January 23, 2023
Anonymous 15,00 January 23, 2023
Linda Coenen 25,00 January 23, 2023
Anonymous 50,00 January 23, 2023
Henk Hermsen 25,00 January 23, 2023
Estrellita Bartelsman 25,00 January 23, 2023
Steven Kelk 25,00 January 23, 2023
Laura Boerhout 15,00 January 23, 2023
Anonymous 15,00 January 23, 2023
HJ Van Vliet 25,00 January 23, 2023
Anonymous 25,00 January 23, 2023
Anonymous 15,00 January 21, 2023