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If so, join the Ethiopian Housing Association project!

The Ethiopian housing cooperative project is organized by the Embassy/Consulate of Ethiopia in an effort to bring Ethiopians residing in the United States and other countries back to their home country.  The project offers non-resident Ethiopians land upon which to build a home in Addis Ababa. 

The intent of the project is to battle the effects of “Brain Drain” on Ethiopia, as well as combat the serious housing shortage in Addis Ababa.  The project also strives to strengthen the ties between Ethiopians in the Diaspora and their home country.

Through this scheme, there are currently ------- housing associations comprising 12 -32 beneficiaries each. 

Please read below for more information.

WHO CAN JOIN:

The Ethiopian Housing Cooperative welcomes all Ethiopians in the Diaspora to return to Ethiopia to build homes on their own plot of land.  Beneficiaries must be:

• Ethiopian by birth, regardless of current citizenship.

- if you are not currently an Ethiopian citizen, you must have an Ethiopian Origin ID CARD. Please apply for an Ethiopian Origin ID CARD either at the Embassy or Consulate if you do not have one.

- if you are an Ethiopian citizen, you must have a current, valid Ethiopian passport and a green card or working permit from your current country of residence

• Organized into groups (associations) of 12 or more participants (maximum 32).

  BENEFITS:

  There are two ways you can participate in the Ethiopian Housing Cooperative: 

  1)    The Government will give beneficiaries 150 square meters of land to build a residence in Addis Ababa.  To participate, the beneficiary should be a member of an association composed of 12-32 individuals.

  2)    Upon selection each member  of the association will be asked to deposit 8,000 birr (approximately $1,000 USD) in a blocked account, which will be released upon completion of a specific stage in the home building process usually the foundation).  This stage is determined on a case-by-case basis.

   

  HOW TO JOIN:

  1.  There is no fee to  be submitted to the Embassy/Consulate in order to join or form a housing association in Ethiopia. The only payment that the beneficiaries are required to pay is the service fee to have their Power of Attorney notarized by the Consulate or the Embassy.

  2. Potential beneficiaries must fill out the appropriate forms in order to be considered for the cooperative. These include the Bylaw, Self -application forms, Power of Attorney, Minutes, list of members and appointed individuals in Ethiopia. All forms are attached below.

  3. Regarding the Power of Attorney,

   

  • 3.1For Ethiopians  residing in America who hold Ethiopian passports, each form may be processed at a cost of $61.20 . Please include the Power of Attorney, Copies of Ethiopian Passport, Green Card/Immigration Document, Money order made payable to the Embassy /Consulate of Ethiopia.  Don't forget to include the Service Form which can be found on the website application form link.

   

  • 3.2 For Ethiopians residing in America who hold American passports, but who have Ethiopian Origin ID Card the forms are also processed for a fee of $61.20. Do not forget to include the application form and a copy of your ETHIOPIAN ORIGIN ID CARD

  4. Each housing association must adopt their own by-laws, to be signed (initial is acceptable) by all association members. 

  5. The association must submit three sets of each document to be submitted to the Consulate.

  Addis Ababa Requirements.      PDF required NEW: As per a new regulation, Ethiopians by birth who currently hold another citizenship, are from now on requested to obtain an Ethiopian Origin ID Card in order to join a housing- association. * Read the New Regulation which grants each member 150m2 *Learn more about  Condominium Association in Addis Ababa  for Ethiopians Abroad    * Click here to view the actual plan  distribution      *Model By law  *Application forms for  Condominium Associations