FGZ: available apartments

Yes. You only become a member with the tenancy agreement. You need a Swiss passport or a foreign national's permit B, C or Ci.

Yes, with the tenancy agreement. The share capital is set per apartment. FGZ does not state an amount publicly.

Yes. Family properties: number of rooms = number of people, with at least one child, as a rule under 15. Single parents count as 2 people. Other properties: number of rooms minus 1.

For external applications, according to the Vermietungsreglement (letting regulations), FGZ takes income and asset bands 1 to 3 into account. We did not find current amounts in francs for applications.

No. FGZ keeps no waiting list for external applications. You can only apply for advertised properties.

Available apartments go online Monday to Friday at 16:00. The listing only stays visible until enough applications have been received. The current flyer does not give a number.

In its 2022 members' magazine, FGZ gave a fixed number: a listing stayed online until 30 applications had been received. FGZ does not say whether this number still applies today.

A program ranks every application according to the letting rules. Those who qualify are invited to a viewing. Allocation lies with the letting team. We did not find a lottery procedure in the official documents.

For family properties, number of rooms = number of people; single parents count as 2 people. As a rule, children must be under 15 at the time of letting. For the other properties, number of rooms minus 1 applies.

In principle, these are all apartments and terraced single-family houses with 4 or more rooms, plus the terraced single-family houses with 3 and 3½ rooms. At least one child must live there.

When letting to external applicants, FGZ takes income and asset bands 1 to 3 into account. The bands are set out in the «FGZ-Reglement über die Erhaltung der Familienwohnobjekte und über den sozialen Mietzinsausgleich». We did not find current amounts in francs as a limit for applications. If in doubt, ask FGZ.

Members on the internal moving list take priority over external applicants. An apartment is only advertised on the website if no member needs it. Children of members go through the usual application process.

FGZ keeps no waiting list for external applications. A property is advertised publicly when it cannot be let internally.

You become a member when you sign a tenancy agreement. You need a Swiss passport or a foreign national's permit B, C or Ci.

The amount depends on the apartment: the larger and newer, the higher. We did not find specific amounts. After you move out, you get the paid-in amount back, less any outstanding sums.

In the terraced single-family houses a cat or a dog is possible, in the apartment buildings only cats.

Monday to Friday at 16:00, exclusively on its own website under «Freie Objekte». The listing stays online until enough applications have been received.

A computer program ranks every application according to the letting rules. What matters is occupancy, urgency, and income and assets. The letting team makes the final decision.

According to FGZ, people rarely move out, and members have priority for internal moves. FGZ also needs empty apartments as replacements while whole estates are renovated. Externally, it advertises around 50 properties a year.

In the terraced single-family houses a cat or a dog is possible. In the apartment buildings only cats are possible. According to the Tierhaltungsreglement (pet regulations), you need a permit from FGZ; dog breeds classed as particularly dangerous are banned.

FGZ does not mention any priority. According to FGZ, anyone who grew up in FGZ goes through the usual application process and applies for the listings on the website.