The bond campaign
The initial costs have been covered by members' own deposits and monthly membership fees, a donation campaign and some subsidies for hiring structural and legal advisers or making a final design, for example. A bond campaign is necessary because banks lend up to 70% of the construction sum to housing cooperatives. The remaining part is financed by SVn's stimulation fund and this bond campaign.
So to finance the last part of the construction sum, we as De Torteltuin issue bonds. Issuing bonds gives us the opportunity to realise the building together with the community. This bond issue is in two rounds or 'tranches'.
For Tranche 1, the target amount was €50,000 and for Tranche 2, the target amount is €500,000. On 4 February 2024, we had started selling Tranche 1 bonds and by 5 March 2024, we had reached our target amount of €50,000. Therefore, we are now continuing with Tranche 2!
The bonds in Tranche 2 have a term of 10 years and an annual interest rate of 3%. With these bonds, we will finance part of the construction costs.
Help us finance this last part and thereby stimulate sustainable housing construction, social cohesion in the city, non-profit housing and the movement of housing cooperatives!
If you have any questions or comments about the crowdfunding, please email crowdfunding@detorteltuin.co