SCMBD – Union of Czech and Moravian Housing Cooperatives
Podolská 401/50
147 00 Praha 4, Prague, Czech Republic
tel: (+) 42 02 41 430 510
Email: scmbd@scmbd.cz
The Union of Czech and Moravian Co-operative Housing (SCMBD) is carrying out its activities throughout the Czech Republic. Its member organizations are 635 housing cooperatives, representing about 20% of the total housing property of the country.
Its mission is to protect the interests of the cooperative housing movement as a whole and to provide housing cooperatives with methodical counseling as well as to evaluate their concrete problems that cannot be solved successfully by an individual cooperative or a regional association.
Furthermore, SCMBD represents its member cooperatives in negotiations with the government, parliament, and various governmental and non-governmental organizations. It is a member of international cooperative organizations and maintains contacts with similar international institutions.
Founding year: 1969
Members: 635
Administrated Housing units: 703 000 (220 000 ownership, 483000 rentals)