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Housing cooperatives in Hamburg
With these 32 housing cooperatives you become a member, not just a tenant, and buy shares for it.
The way to a cooperative flat takes time: waiting lists and requests are common, with waits that can last years, and some housing cooperatives are not taking anyone at the moment. Vacant flats are usually published on their own websites, and some also use portals such as ImmoScout24.
The landlords
all 32HANSA Baugenossenschaft
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and BergedorfMembers have priority. In 12 areas such as St. Pauli and Winterhude, HANSA cannot currently provide housing for applicants.
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about 10,000flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Shares
One share costs €50. For membership, 15 shares are compulsory. For the flat the total depends on the number of rooms and the year of construction: existing flats range from 1 room (30 shares, €1,500) to 5 rooms (70 shares, €3,500), and new-build flats from 2007 range from 1 room (60 shares, €3,000) to 5 rooms (140 shares, €7,000). There is also a one-off €50 joining fee.
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altoba
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord and WandsbekAs a non-member you can currently only submit a request for a flat in Lurup, Niendorf, Osdorf, Schnelsen and Steilshoop.
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about 7,200flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Shares
One share costs €150. The shares for a flat depend on its size, features and location: for a 2-room flat in an older building €3,000 on average, in a new building about €75 per square metre of living space.
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Hanseatische Baugenossenschaft Hamburg
Hamburg-Mitte, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek, Bergedorf and HarburgFor some of the flats you need a §5 certificate (§5-Schein).
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about 6,900flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Shares
One share costs €154. When you join, 6 shares are compulsory (€924). For a flat, more compulsory shares are added under the principles of the management board and the supervisory board. The two boards set the joining fee, up to the price of one share.
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Baugenossenschaft Dennerstraße-Selbsthilfe
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and BergedorfYou become a member at the latest when you rent a flat. You create a request for a flat on Immomio, and the bds gives no information on the waiting time.
Request a flatApply to listingsVia Immomio
about 5,200flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
You register on Immomio and enter your request for a flat. The bds sends you matching vacant flats, which you can then apply for.
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Shares
When you join, you buy 15 compulsory shares of €52 each, and for the flat one more share for every square metre of living space or part of it. There is also a joining fee, and the management board and the supervisory board decide its amount.
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Baugenossenschaft Hamburger Wohnen
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and BergedorfMembers have priority. Some flats are only for people with a §5 certificate (§5-Schein), which you need for subsidised flats.
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about 5,200flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
Hamburger Wohnen works with Immomio for the flat search. If you find no suitable vacant flat, you create a search profile there to receive flat listings.
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Shares
For membership you buy 4 shares of €50 each. For a flat, compulsory shares are added depending on the number of rooms and the year of construction: €2,500 to €5,000 in older buildings up to 1999, €2,800 to €8,800 in unsubsidised and €2,000 to €6,300 in subsidised new buildings from 2000 (terraced houses €9,000 to €10,000). A joining fee may be charged, and the rules do not name the amount.
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KAIFU-NORDLAND
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and BergedorfMembers have priority. There is no general waiting list.
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about 5,100flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Shares
According to its rules, you buy 20 shares of €52 each for membership, and for the flat more shares are added depending on size, features and location. You also pay a €100 joining fee.
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FLUWOG-NORDMARK
Hamburg-Mitte, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and BergedorfMembers have priority when flats are given out. As a non-member you only join when you rent a flat.
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about 4,900flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
The vacant flats of the fluwog are listed on Immomio. You also create a search profile there and get matching listings by email from Immomio.
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Shares
For membership you buy 3 shares of €155 each (€465). The management board and the supervisory board set the joining fee at no more than the price of one share (€155).
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Wohnungsgenossenschaft von 1904
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord and WandsbekAs a non-member, your request is valid for 6 months at most. For service flats and sought-after areas, it currently takes no requests from non-members.
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about 3,800flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
Requests for a flat go through Immomio. You create a search profile there, and the cooperative offers you flats that become free.
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Shares
For membership you buy 2 shares of €150 each, and for the flat more are added depending on size and features. You also pay a €30 joining fee.
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Wohnungsgenossenschaft Hamburg-Wandsbek von 1897
Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and BergedorfYou become a member with the flat. A request goes only through the applicant questionnaire.
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about 3,300flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
You fill in your request for a flat in an applicant questionnaire, and a button there leads to Immomio.
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Shares
According to its rules (as of 2014), you buy 20 shares of €52 each for membership, and for the flat more shares are added under the principles of the management board and the supervisory board. You also pay a €50 joining fee.
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Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Gartenstadt Wandsbek
Hamburg-Mitte, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and HarburgThere is no waiting list, and the cooperative only takes requests from members.
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about 3,300flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Shares
For membership you buy 2 compulsory shares of €155 each. For the flat, more shares are added at €50 per m² of living space. You also pay a €25 joining fee.
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Eisenbahnbauverein Harburg
Hamburg-Nord, Harburg and Surrounding areaFlats that become free go to members first, and as a non-member you get in touch through the search request on Immomio.
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about 3,200flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
The EBV lets its flats through Immomio. If you find no suitable listing, you send a search request there and get new matching listings.
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Shares
One share costs €160, and at least 3 are compulsory (€480). For a flat, the EBV currently charges €40 per square metre of living space and rounds up to full shares (40.68 m²: 11 shares, €1,760). There is also a one-off joining fee of €60.
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mgf Gartenstadt Farmsen
WandsbekApplications go only through Immomio, and the mgf keeps no waiting lists.
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about 2,800flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
Vacant flats and the request for a flat go exclusively through Immomio.
Source: Website
Shares
One share costs €60. For basic membership, 6 shares are compulsory (€360), plus a one-off joining fee of €50. When you move into a flat, the number of shares depends on its size and type. For each square metre of living space or part of it, you buy 1 share in new buildings from 2000, in terraced houses and in duplex terraced houses used by 1 tenant, and ¾ of a share in duplex terraced houses used by 2 tenants, in multi-family houses and in point blocks. At most 1,000 shares in total.
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Hamburg-Rahlstedter Baugenossenschaft
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Wandsbek, Bergedorf and HarburgYou become a member only when you sign the permanent tenancy agreement (Dauernutzungsvertrag).
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about 2,300flats ownedVisit websiteGartenstadt Hamburg
WandsbekMembers have priority. For the estate houses in Berne there is a separate waiting list for members.
Request a flatVia Immomio
about 2,300flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
Gartenstadt lets its flats through Immomio. You register there and create a search profile, and you get matching listings by email.
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Shares
For membership you buy 1 share of €250, and for the flat more compulsory shares under the allocation guidelines. A joining fee is due when you join, at most the price of one share (€250).
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Hamburger Lehrer-Baugenossenschaft
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek, Bergedorf and HarburgMembers who give up a flat to move into a new one get priority when flats are given out.
Apply to listingsRequest a flatVia Immomio
about 2,200flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
The current listings on its own site come from ImmoScout24, and requests for a flat go through Immomio's portal for prospective tenants.
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Shares
One share costs €260. With membership you buy 2 compulsory shares (€520), and for the flat more compulsory shares are added, but the rules do not name how many. A joining fee is charged. The management board and the supervisory board decide its amount, and the rules state no figure.
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Baugenossenschaft der Buchdrucker
Hamburg-Mitte, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and BergedorfYou become a member with the rental contract. If you find no listing, you sign up in the portal for prospective tenants.
Apply to listingsRequest a flatVia Immomio
about 1,900flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
You sign up in the portal for prospective tenants (the link leads to registration at Immomio), and the cooperative gets in touch as soon as it has a suitable listing.
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Shares
One share costs €50, and how many you need depends on the size of the flat: for a 2-room flat of 60 m² it is 60 shares, so €3,000. There is no joining fee.
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Bauverein Reiherstieg
Hamburg-Mitte, Bergedorf and HarburgThe cooperative currently takes new members only together with a flat.
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about 1,600flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Platform
Bauverein Reiherstieg works with Immomio. If you find no suitable flat, you create a search profile there and get matching listings in your inbox, and you can then apply directly online.
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Shares
One share costs €155, and 4 of them are compulsory for membership, plus a one-off joining fee of €50. For a flat, more compulsory shares are added, and according to the website their number depends on the size, location and age of the building.
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Baugenossenschaft KOLPING
Hamburg-Mitte, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek, Bergedorf and HarburgThe cooperative offers its flats to its members, and by its own account vacant flats are usually let quickly.
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about 750flats ownedVisit websiteDetails
Shares
Every member buys at least 4 shares of €160 each. For the flat, the number of further shares depends on its residential or usage value, and the 4 count towards them. There is also a joining fee, which the management board and the supervisory board set, up to €160 (rules, version of December 2013).
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Wohngemeinschaft Pädagogischer Verein
AltonaThe cooperative currently takes no new members from outside.
Not accepting applications
about 200flats ownedVisit websiteBau- und Wohngenossenschaft Brachvogel
Altona and EimsbüttelAll flats are publicly subsidised and tied to income limits, and there is no waiting list.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Shares
When you join, you pay a €150 joining fee and buy at least one share of €255.65. For the flat, a contribution of your own is added, based on living space: €300 per m² in Iserbrook, €306.78 per m² in Lurup, €327.40 per m² in Schnelsen (subsidised flat) or €436.53 per m² (unsubsidised). For the Lurup listing it was 95 shares, €24,286.75 in total.
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Baugenossenschaft Bergedorf-Bille
Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek, Bergedorf and Surrounding areaMembers have priority. Vacant flats are only rarely offered publicly.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Shares
One share costs €150. When you rent a flat, the shares you need come to between €1,200 and €3,000, depending on the size and residential value of the flat. They are worked out as the basic rent times 6, rounded up to a full €150, at most €3,000. There is also a €50 joining fee with the declaration of membership.
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Baugenossenschaft dhu
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek, Bergedorf and Surrounding areaFlats go to members first, and only flats that members have not asked for are offered publicly. There is no waiting list for non-members.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Platform
The dhu shows its listings on its own homepage and on ImmoScout24. To make an enquiry there, you use the buttons “Sofortkontakt” (instant contact) or “Anbieter kontaktieren” (contact the provider).
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Shares
For membership you buy at least 4 shares of €75 each (€300), plus a one-off joining fee, currently €50. For the flat you need more shares: up to €75 per m² of living space in a new building, €2,000 to €4,000 in total in an older building.
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Baugenossenschaft Finkenwärder-Hoffnung
Hamburg-Mitte, Harburg and Surrounding areaThe cooperative gives members priority for its flats. The search profile and applications go through Immomio.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Platform
The cooperative lets its flats in cooperation with Immomio. You create a search profile there and are notified when a matching flat is free, or you apply directly for an advertised listing.
Source: Website
Shares
For membership you buy shares in the cooperative, and their number depends on criteria such as the size or location of the flat.
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Baugenossenschaft freier Gewerkschafter
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek, Bergedorf, Harburg and Surrounding areaMembers have priority. The cooperative takes new members only together with a flat.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Platform
The bgfg lets its flats through Immomio. If you are looking for a flat, you register there and create a complete search profile, because without one it does not consider your request.
Source: Website
Shares
For membership you buy at least 4 shares of €150 each, and for the flat more under the guidelines of the management board and the supervisory board. There is also a €50 joining fee (waived for spouses and life partners, children under 18, heirs and members of another housing cooperative).
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Baugenossenschaft Fuhlsbüttel
Altona, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and Surrounding areaOffers go to members first. There is no waiting list.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Shares
For a flat you buy at least 4 shares, whose amount depends on the size and location of the flat. There is also a €60 joining fee.
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Bauverein der Elbgemeinden
Hamburg-Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek, Bergedorf, Harburg and Surrounding areaYou can apply without being a member, and the registration of non-members is deleted after 6 months.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteMietergenossenschaft Falkenried-Terrassen
Hamburg-NordThe flats are only for people with a §5 certificate (§5-Schein). You can only apply on paper, while the listing is on display for about 12 days.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteSchiffszimmerer
Hamburg-Mitte, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek, Bergedorf and Surrounding areaAs a non-member you sign up in the search database for 6 months, and the way in is mostly at estates away from the centre. Members have priority.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Shares
For membership you buy 4 compulsory shares of €150 each, and for a flat more compulsory shares under the guidelines of the management board. There is also a joining fee, and the assembly of representatives decides its amount.
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Vereinigte Hamburger Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft
Hamburg-Mitte, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and BergedorfMembers have priority.
Request a flatVia Immomio
Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Platform
The form for prospective tenants, with which you put your name down for a vacant flat, is on Immomio.
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Walddörfer Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft
Hamburg-Mitte, Wandsbek and Surrounding areaYou only become a member once you have the flat. Applications go only through Immomio.
Apply to listingsVia ImmomioNew listing alerts
Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Platform
The flats are allocated through Immomio. You choose a listing, click “jetzt bewerben” (apply now) and log in with your Immomio account or register there. A search profile on Immomio is possible.
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Shares
For membership you buy 2 shares of €250 each. For the flat, more shares are added depending on its size, according to the cooperative about €50 per m².
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Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Süderelbe
Hamburg-Mitte, Harburg and Surrounding areaYou become a member when you rent a flat.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Shares
According to its rules, you buy 3 shares of €150 each for membership, and for the flat more shares are added depending on location, size and features. You also pay a joining fee, which the management board and the supervisory board set, up to €150.
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Wohnungsverein Hamburg von 1902
Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Nord, Wandsbek and Surrounding areaDogs are not allowed. There is a waiting list for Winterhude and Eimsbüttel, and according to the cooperative the chances are low.
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Number of flats not givenVisit websiteDetails
Shares
For the flat you buy shares of €150 each depending on its size, for example 16 shares (€2,400) for a 1-room flat and 20 shares (€3,000) for a 2-room flat. There is also a one-off joining fee of €100.
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The data was last updated on 17 October 2026.