More than 30 real estate or business professionals are committed to Housing! for Future on a voluntary basis and beyond company boundaries, many of them employees of German social housing companies. They acquire donations, form strategic partnerships for the realisation of the housing projects, and analyse and organise the aid processes from Germany.
Doing good besides work is a matter of course for me.
It’s great that I can change people’s lives with my experience.
Helping people to help themselves, that’s the only way we can provide sustainable support.
That’s a completely different perspective on the topic of “living”.
Together it’s always more fun – we have a great team!
Structure and insights into an NGO – and I’m part of it, which is very exciting.
Big companies are coming together to help – we can be proud of that.
The professional exchange with Namibia is so enriching and brings so much joy.
Great addition to my job, everything about real estate.
A great initiative that opens up new housing perspectives in Namibia.
The pictures of the living conditions in informal settlements shocked me deeply.
Companies that otherwise tend to compete with each other are working together – chapeau!
I work for Housing! for Future in the area of project management, a lot of work besides my job – but it’s worth it.
A great project and a motivated team – the key to success.
For me, H!fF is a very special opportunity to help and give people a new home.
Doing good besides work is a matter of course for me.
It’s great that I can change people’s lives with my experience.
Helping people to help themselves, that’s the only way we can provide sustainable support.
That’s a completely different perspective on the topic of “living”.
Together it’s always more fun – we have a great team!
Structure and insights into an NGO – and I’m part of it, which is very exciting.
Big companies are coming together to help – we can be proud of that.
The professional exchange with Namibia is so enriching and brings so much joy.
Great addition to my job, everything about real estate.
A great initiative that opens up new housing perspectives in Namibia.
The pictures of the living conditions in informal settlements shocked me deeply.
Companies that otherwise tend to compete with each other are working together – chapeau!
I work for Housing! for Future in the area of project management, a lot of work besides my job – but it’s worth it.
A great project and a motivated team – the key to success.
For me, H!fF is a very special opportunity to help and give people a new home.
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Like all team members, the managing directors are committed to Housing! for Future on a voluntary basis. They are responsible for the implementation of the projects and shareholder resolutions. With the volunteer teams, they raise funds, acquire projects, seek cooperating companies, negotiate contracts, and monitor budgets and their use in order to ensure that all entrusted funds are used safely and sustainably.
We all work together to achieve our goals!
Housing is a human right! After many decades of experience in the housing industry, we know what constitutes safe housing.
Housing helps! We create affordable housing in Namibia as an achievable and sustainable chance for people from informal settlements – because everyone deserves a safe home.
I have seen the misery in informal settlements several times. Giving people from informal settlements hope for a better, healthy life and opportunities for advancement is my motivation. It is worth it!
Where else but on site? – Where people’s need is greatest, we want to help, locally! With a lot of experience in the global real estate business, it is both an honor and an obligation for me to lend a hand there directly.
The advisory board was formed voluntarily as a competence extension and supervisory body at Housing! for Future. Together with Housing! for Future’s shareholders, well-known figures from large German housing companies, research and the building industry enrich all decisions of our company with their expertise and also support fundraising through their extensive networks.
We will only be able to live in peace if we take everyone with us. Housing! for Future makes an important contribution to this.
NHW wants to establish the idea of social housing also in Namibia!
The country and its people deserve our support, which is what we are aiming at with this project.
Learning from each other and with each other – helping people to help themselves to create adequate housing.
Giving families a stable home is an important investment in their future.
Helping people to help themselves does not only mean building houses. For our project to be sustainable, it needs to provide people with affordable rental housing and create jobs.
In order to put this idea into practice, we have chosen Namibia as a starting point and have founded two legal entities there: one that owns the land and houses (Property Company, PropCo) and one that is responsible for their management (Operating Company, OpCo). All funds raised by us in Germany go towards the upkeep of these two entities and their work.
As a 100% subsidiary of Housing! for Future, the Property Company (PropCo) is the Namibian developer and owner of the land and all houses. Rent surpluses remaining after deduction of operating and administrative costs are fully reinvested in new houses – the PropCo thus operates on a non-profit basis, has no direct business operations and is the value-added company in Namibia.
As a 100% subsidiary of Housing! for Future, the Property Company (PropCo) is the Namibian developer and owner of the land and all houses. Rent surpluses remaining after deduction of operating and administrative costs are fully reinvested in new houses – the PropCo thus operates on a non-profit basis, has no direct business operations and is the value-added company in Namibia.
The Operative Company (OpCo), also a 100% Namibian subsidiary of Housing! for Future, manages the PropCo houses through a general lease agreement. As an operating company, it is the visible player in the local market and creates jobs in the areas of letting, commercial and technical property management and accounting, thus encouraging help for self-help. OpCo staff acquire tenants from informal settlements, conclude secure tenancy agreements, carry out resettlements and are reliable contact persons for the residents.
The Operative Company (OpCo), also a 100% Namibian subsidiary of Housing! for Future, manages the PropCo houses through a general lease agreement. As an operating company, it is the visible player in the local market and creates jobs in the areas of letting, commercial and technical property management and accounting, thus encouraging help for self-help. OpCo staff acquire tenants from informal settlements, conclude secure tenancy agreements, carry out resettlements and are reliable contact persons for the residents.
For our organisation, security and the purposeful use of donations – and thus the avoidance of conflict of interests – have top priority. We have therefore developed and adopted a comprehensive set of rules consisting of investment guidelines, business, procurement and competence regulations, as well as IT and data protection guidelines among others, which apply equally to the German and Namibian companies.
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The management acts within the framework of these corporate governance regulations, and discusses fundamental decisions and monitors changes in meetings with the advisory board and shareholders that are conducted on a regular basis. Compliance with these set rules is also closely monitored in the Namibian companies. During the initial and start-up phases, for instance, the German managing directors will also play a key role in managing the Namibian companies.
For our organisation, security and the purposeful use of donations – and thus the avoidance of conflict of interests – have top priority. We have therefore developed and adopted a comprehensive set of rules consisting of investment guidelines, business, procurement and competence regulations, as well as IT and data protection guidelines among others, which apply equally to the German and Namibian companies.
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The management acts within the framework of these corporate governance regulations, and discusses fundamental decisions and monitors changes in meetings with the advisory board and shareholders that are conducted on a regular basis. Compliance with these set rules is also closely monitored in the Namibian companies. During the initial and start-up phases, for instance, the German managing directors will also play a key role in managing the Namibian companies.
With every Euro you provide opportunities: Our initiative is financed exclusively through donations and we all work on a voluntary basis. Due to the professional structures in Germany and Namibia, our initiative is unique and allows donations to have a sustainable effect in many ways.