Find a Berlin housing cooperative
Find a Berlin housing cooperative through the Bauklötzchen member directory, then apply where you want to live. Over 30 Berlin cooperatives share that brand, with more than 110,000 flats and about 200,000 members. Pick a Genossenschaft that fits your district and send your request there.
What you can do in Berlin
- Browse the Berlin member list and open one co-op's own site
- Read the Berlin network overview so you know waitlists are tight and many boards only take members when a flat is available
- Send your membership and flat request to that Genossenschaft, not to the marketing office
How to join
Each Berlin Genossenschaft keeps its own waiting list and share schedule. The network markets the idea together; admission stays local. Apply year-round on the co-op's own site.
When & where
Recurring: apply year-round to a member Genossenschaft. Map orientation: Knobelsdorffstraße 96, 14050 Berlin (Gilde Heimbau / marketing office). Apply to a member co-op, not this office.
Why it matters in Berlin
A clear directory turns "I wish I had secure housing" into a concrete application in your Kiez. Find more community projects in Berlin.
Good to know
- Should I write to the marketing office? No. Use the member list, then apply on that co-op's own site.
- Are waitlists long? Often yes. Many boards only take new members when they can also offer a flat.
Source & repost
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Source: Berlin Mitglieder · Berlin über uns.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Schlangenbader Straße courtyard (CC BY 3.0, Dirk Ingo Franke).
Details checked: 2026-09-19.
