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About Stadgenoot

A city to be cherished
Stadgenoot ('fellow townsman') is one of the biggest housing corporations of Amsterdam and its surroundings. We believe that the metropolis of Amsterdam should be a city that everyone can cherish. So we provide good accommodation, and we work together to create pleasant neighbourhoods. We want to make it possible for everyone to enjoy living and working in this beautiful city.

In the neighbourhood
In order to achieve this aim, we are constantly active in the neighbourhood. For example, we respond to people's wishes and listen to suggestions for improvement in the neighbourhood. Because people's enjoyment of their life and work also depends on their living or working environment. It has to be safe, clean and liveable. And there must be facilities like schools, shops and care organisations.

Our foundation
We were founded in July 2008, through a merger between two Amsterdam housing corporations: the Algemene Woningbouw Vereniging (AWV) and Het Oosten. The AWV was founded in 1910 by social-democratic leaders of the trade unions. Het Oosten was founded one year later by factory workers of the Oostergasfabriek. Both corporations played a prominent role in the history of public housing in Amsterdam, and they were pioneers in taking social responsibility.

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