Cooperativa de Habitação e Construção Mondego, CRL is a Portuguese housing cooperative headquartered in Coimbra. Its registered office is located at Rua D. Luís da Cunha, Lote 23, cave, in Quinta da Maia, Santo António dos Olivais. 5 The organisation was established on 2 June 1976 and has an indefinite duration. 56
The cooperative operates in housing and construction. Its statutory purpose is to provide members with suitable housing and promote cooperative housing, while its activities include the promotion, construction and acquisition of homes, as well as their repair, renovation and maintenance. It may also develop savings-and-credit initiatives and manage social or commercial facilities connected with its objectives. 5
Although its work has been concentrated in Coimbra, the cooperative’s formal geographic scope covers the whole of Portugal, with the possibility of establishing branches elsewhere in the country. 5 Its built portfolio is concentrated in Coimbra’s urban area, including the Quinta da Maia and Vale de São Miguel developments. The organisation states that it has constructed 705 housing units in total. 1
The cooperative also retains property used for commercial or service purposes and leases several of these spaces. Its assets include underground areas in the Quinta da Maia development and a sports park with five playing fields. 1 In 2024, it launched a tender for a new building in the Vale de São Miguel development, marking the return of controlled-cost cooperative housing in Coimbra after a 22-year interval. 3
Adelino Besteiro is identified as president of the cooperative’s board of administration. 3 Abílio Milheiro is identified as president of the general assembly in professional information associated with the organisation. 8 The cooperative is distinct from Mondego – Associação de Intervenção Social, an affiliated social organisation established in 1996 that operates childcare and educational services. 411