The Aachener Siedlungs- und Wohnungsgesellschaft offers rents and sells especially suitable for families, particularly social housing for low income tenants.

Administers about 24,300 residential and 1,900 commercial properties in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Berlin.

Aachener Siedlungs- und Wohnungsgesellschaft
Rents and sells homes suitable for families, mostly subsidized social housing for low income tenants. Administers about 24,300 residential and 2 000 commercial properties in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Berlin.

›› Düsseltal, Achenbachstr. 81, Tel. 91 46 50
›› Hauptverwaltung: 50668 Köln, Mevissenstr. 14, Tel. 0 221/774 50
›› www.aachener-swg.de

Deutsche Annington
With about 220 000 units rented and managed across the country, this is one of Germany’s biggest property businesses. Apartments and houses available for rent or purchase.
›› Beratung: Tel. 0 18 01/12 12 12, www.deutsche-annington.com

Städtische Wohnungsgesellschaft Düsseldorf (SWD)
Rents, administers and modernizes about 1,000 of its own and 7,500 homes rented out by Düsseldorf city, including 160 suitable for senior citizens.
›› Bilk, Witzelstr. 54-56, Tel. 8 90 40, www.swd-duesseldorf.de

Forwarding service
Don’t forget to leave forwarding instructions with the postal service so mail is forwarded to your new address. This can be done either at your local post office or on the Internet. To have your mail forwarded costs € 15.20 for six months and € 25.20 for 12 months.
›› www.post.de

New number announcement
The Deutsche Telekom also offers help on the Internet. Among other things, you can arrange for your new telephone number to be announced to anyone calling your former number for 12 weeks.
›› www.t-com.de