La Cordata is a social cooperative founded in Milan in 1989, committed to the development and management of integrated residential interventions, aimed at offering accessible reception services to those who need temporary housing solutions: students/workers away from home or tourists, people and families in situations of socio-economic fragility, mothers with children in conditions of social hardship, people with disabilities and minors in difficulty. The cooperative manages a total of 7 structures and approximately 180 apartments in 16 municipalities of the metropolitan city of Milan, using the housing and functional mix as the main strategic lever for promoting the well-being of people in local communities. In fact, within the accommodation facilities that offer short, medium and long-term hospitality, the temporary housing and hotel reception services (residential services) are fully integrated with the psycho-pedagogical and social support services (non-residential services), with the the aim of giving life to new forms of living and sociality.
La Cordata is now supported by Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell’Amore (or “FSVGDA”), which has invested €150,000 in the initiative as part of “Impact4Coop”: the program born from the synergy between FSVGDA and Fondazione Cariplo which puts in place 2.2MLN/€ to contribute to the strengthening of the capital and the development of the cooperative sector.