Fonden For Flere Kollektiver

Fonden For Flere Kollektiver (FFFK) is a Danish non-profit, charitable foundation (almennyttig fond) founded in 2019. Its purpose is to create and operate housing collectives (kollektiver) and to support the survival and growth of existing collectives in Denmark. The foundation is based in Copenhagen and operates in the Danish housing market. The foundation's model is unusual in the Danish housing landscape. Rather than seeking financial return, FFFK uses a foundation structure to pool all or part of the equity (friværdi) from multiple collectives into a common fund. This pooled capital can then be used to create additional collectives and to secure the long-term survival of existing ones. The foundation argues that this structure opens potential that is otherwise used mainly by real-estate speculators, but redirects it toward diversity and community rather than profit. Since 2020, FFFK has successfully operated one collective in a historic apartment (herskabslejlighed) on Indre Østerbro in Copenhagen. With operational experience and a working model in place, the board is actively working to scale the foundation's work by starting another collective and by making it attractive for existing collectives to join the foundation. The board works on a voluntary basis, and all funds in the foundation are used to operate existing collectives and to establish new ones. The foundation currently offers two models that existing collectives in Denmark can use to participate. The mission is framed as enabling the survival of existing collectives and the creation of new ones at a time when the housing market is characterized by high speculation and even higher prices. The foundation's chairperson, Bo Astrup Kristensen, has stated that the foundation has built a strong base and can now actively work to invest in diversity and community, not financial return. FFFK is a small, mission-driven organization rather than a commercial property company. Its activities are concentrated in Denmark, and its public presence is primarily through its website, fffk.dk, which describes its purpose, current collective, and participation models for other collectives.

Fonden For Flere Kollektiver was founded in 2019 as a Danish non-profit, charitable foundation. Its stated purpose is to create and operate housing collectives and to support the survival and creation of collectives in Denmark. Since 2020, the foundation has successfully operated one collective in a historic apartment (herskabslejlighed) on Indre Østerbro in Copenhagen. This collective serves as both a working example and a source of operational experience for the foundation. With experience and an operating model in place, the board of the foundation is currently working actively to scale the foundation's work. This includes starting another collective and making it attractive for existing collectives to join the foundation. The board works on a voluntary basis, and all funds in the foundation are used to operate existing collectives and to create new ones. The foundation's mission is to enable the survival of existing collectives and the creation of new ones at a time when the housing market is characterized by high speculation and even higher prices. The foundation argues that creating and operating collectives through a foundation structure opens a large potential that is otherwise used only by real-estate speculators: pooling all or part of the equity from several collectives into a common fund, which can create even more collectives and secure the long-term survival of existing ones. FFFK currently offers two models that existing collectives in Denmark can use to participate. The foundation's chairperson, Bo Astrup Kristensen, has stated that the foundation has built a strong base and can now actively work to invest in diversity and community, not financial return. The foundation's collectivists have also traveled to Sweden as part of their work to create more collectives in Denmark.

• 2020

  The foundation begins successfully operating one collective in a historic apartment on Indre Østerbro in Copenhagen.

• 2019

  Fonden For Flere Kollektiver is founded as a Danish non-profit, charitable foundation.

• The board works actively to scale the foundation by starting another collective and attracting existing collectives to join.

A non-profit, charitable foundation that invests in diversity and community rather than financial return, using a pooled-equity model to sustain and scale housing collectives in Denmark.

• Housing collective on Indre Østerbro, Copenhagen

  A collective operated by the foundation since 2020 in a historic apartment (herskabslejlighed).

• Participation models for existing collectives

  Two models that existing collectives in Denmark can use to participate in the foundation.

1. 1Fonden For Flere Kollektiverfffk.dk
2. 2Wikidata Q136658022wikidata.org