GEBAG is the municipal housing company of Duisburg, Germany. It was founded on 24 December 1872 as the Duisburger Gemeinnützige Baugesellschaft AG, with an original purpose of providing affordable, healthy housing for local residents. 367
The company’s work is centred on Duisburg. It manages around 12,700 homes, which provide a home for more than 35,000 people, and describes itself as the city’s largest real estate company. 13 Its activities include managing and maintaining its housing stock and contributing to social housing policy and sustainable urban development. 13 GEBAG also works on neighbourhood cohesion and takes on a wider role in shaping the city through land development. 37
The organisation has around 150 employees. 3 Its headquarters are at Tiergartenstraße 24–26 in Duisburg’s Dellviertel; GEBAG has been based at that site since the late 1970s. 26 Winand Schneider is the company’s managing director, and Bruno Sagurna chairs its supervisory board. 2