WGE!-Gemeinsam Wohnen changes the way we use our homes based upon a mutuality of needs of different generations. We arrange and supervise shared flats across generations. WGE! brings elderly residents or retirement homes with younger people, mostly university students, searching for medium-term housing together. Living under one roof with a younger person, elderly people can reduce their housing costs, get company and/or a helping hand for managing the household duties (e.g. doing the groceries or the cooking). Through the support of their younger flat mates and the security elderly people gain through the companionship of a younger person, post-retirement people can live an independent life in their own apartment as long as possible. At the same time, young people benefit from low rents and the life experience from their flat mate in a shared home across generations.

WGE! fosters not only the dialogue and solidarity among different generations, but also reduces the poverty risk of post retirement people, contributes to a more sustainable way of living through using empty rooms in existing living space, counteracts loneliness and fosters intercultural exchange.