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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cooperativa de viviendas

English translation:

housing cooperative

Added to glossary by Janine Libbey
Mar 24, 2008 14:17
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term

cooperativa de viviendas

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general) Real Estate
"Oferta, promoción o publicidad para la incorporación a cooperativas de viviendas".
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 housing cooperative
4 housing co-operative
4 housing association
Change log

Mar 25, 2008 13:11: Janine Libbey changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/645734">Dima ATZ's</a> old entry - "cooperativa de viviendas"" to ""housing cooperative""

Discussion

Dima ATZ (asker) Mar 25, 2008:
Yes I agree, thanks Victoria.
Victoria Porter-Burns Mar 25, 2008:
In that case I'd agree with the support for viva madrid's 'housing cooperative', definitely not 'housing association', although I'd welcome others people's views.
Dima ATZ (asker) Mar 25, 2008:
Well I could copy the provision itself, I hope it helps:

"Cuando se oferte, promueva o publicite con la finalidad de incorporar personas socias o asociadas a cooperativas de viviendas, además del cumplimiento de las restantes obligaciones en el Reglamento, se deberá mencionar expresamente que no se trata de una oferta de venta sino de incorporación a una actividad empresarial de construcción de viviendas cuyos resultados económicos se imputarán a las socias y los socios."
Victoria Porter-Burns Mar 25, 2008:
@Tom - You're right - I haven't had time to read it.
@Dima - Yes, I suppose either could apply to that context. Any other clues in the text as to which applies here?
Dima ATZ (asker) Mar 25, 2008:
Cooperative/Association Yes I've also read that there's a difference between housing cooperatives and associations, but I'm not sure which one of them applies to the text I'm translating. It's basically a Law passed in Andalucía about giving consumers their right to ask real estates for free information about the property that they're interested in.
Adrian MM. (X) Mar 25, 2008:
You still haven't looked at the statute. Otherwise, you'd have picked up that it's 1988. Besides, not all UK council estate and housing assoc. tenants are malingerers.
Victoria Porter-Burns Mar 24, 2008:
It is not a comment regarding a particular answer; it's a warning to the asker of the difference between the two. And 'housing association' accomodation definitely has negative connotations wherever I've heard it used.
Adrian MM. (X) Mar 24, 2008:
Victoria - could you pls. post your comments next to the relevant answers, the negative connotations being a questionable claim since the UK Housing Act 1989 with its introduction of housing action trusts.
Victoria Porter-Burns Mar 24, 2008:
Beware - 'housing cooperative' and 'housing association' are too completely different things in the UK, the latter having somewhat negative connotations relating to associations giving houses to people who very rarely work, or have low incomes etc.

Proposed translations

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housing cooperative

A housing cooperative is a legal entity - usually a corporation - that owns real estate; one or more residential buildings. Each shareholder in the legal ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_cooperative - 67k - Cached - Similar pages

Buying Into a Housing CooperativeA housing cooperative is formed when people join with each other on a democratic basis to own or control the housing and/or related community facilities in ...
www.coophousing.org/buying_in.shtml -
Peer comment(s):
agree Richard Levy (X) : This is more commonly used, at least in the U.S.
1 min
Thank you.
agree Nikolaj Widenmann
17 mins
Thank you.
agree Cynthia Herber, LL.M. : De acuerdo. Tambien usan "housing Co-Op" en corto.
20 mins
You're correct about the abbreviation. Thanks.
agree franglish
2 hrs
Thank you.
agree AllegroTrans
2 hrs
Thank you.
agree Cecilia Lanzillotta
4 hrs
Thank you.
agree Egmont
5 hrs
Thank you.
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7 mins

housing co-operative

Ok
Reference:

http://es.bab.la/diccionario/ingles-espanol/housing+co-operative.html

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2 mins

housing association

Ver sitio web:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/SocialHousingAn...
"Information for tenants on how to get affordable housing through housing associations"

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Note added at 8 hrs (2008-03-24 23:17:17 GMT)
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The housing association houses I have seen are usually very nice and well looked after. Yes, they are for 'poor' people but usually they do work although their salaries may be low.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2008-03-25 10:56:03 GMT)
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Another option would be: social housing project/scheme
See:
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/housingbuildings/localau...
"Built in the 1970s, Angell Town was a fortress of poorly constructed concrete blocks connected by high-level bridges, with garages dominating the ground level. Regeneration of this entirely social housing scheme has been driven by the community. Nearly 600 units have either been refurbished or newly built. The design is subtle but the variety and quality of materials used such as render, brick, glass and timber, and innovative design features such as striking white rendered staircases, make a statement."
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