GWW – Gemeinnützige Wohnungsgenossenschaft Wuppertal West eG is a housing cooperative based in Wuppertal, Germany. It was founded on 23 October 1926 as the Gemeinnütziger Bauverein e.G.m.b.H., Vohwinkel, and later changed its name. 7 Its registered seat is Wuppertal, and its office is at Arndtstraße 21, 42327 Wuppertal. 29
The cooperative’s purpose is to support its members by providing housing that is good, secure and socially responsible. 2 Its activities focus on offering affordable, good-quality rental homes on a cooperative basis within Wuppertal; its stated scope is therefore local rather than national or international. 4 Members hold shares in the cooperative, and occupancy of a cooperative home generally grants a continuing right of use. 2
GWW’s history reflects successive phases of housing construction and renewal in the city. In its early years it built housing in several Vohwinkel streets, and by 1930 it had 49 buildings and 206 dwellings. 7 Later developments included projects in the 1950s and 1960s, while the 1980s and 1990s brought modernisation of older properties and further construction. 7 The organisation’s website identifies a more recent new-build project at Gneisenaustraße 3: an apartment building with nine cooperative homes. [The supplied page excerpt]
The cooperative is represented by board members Norbert Löbe, Martin Schulze and Wendelin Volk; Roland Maltz is listed as managing director with procuration, and lawyer Uwe Heinz as chair of the supervisory board. 3 Its documented activities and housing provision are centred on Wuppertal. 47