Afaik Social security companies actually own a lot of properties in switzerland and finance our social system trought this. Also there are quite a lot of cooper

Afaik Social security companies actually own a lot of properties in switzerland and finance our social system trought this. Also there are quite a lot of cooperatives that own housing and sublet them for very fair prices. Some properties are owned by the state, or companies that are owned mostly by the state such as the sbb (railroad company). Some statistic about ownership: https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bau-wohnungswesen/wohnungen/wohnverhaeltnisse/mieter-eigentuemer.html https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bau-wohnung... Also interesting: https://www.bfs.admin.ch/news/de/2022-0072 https://www.bfs.admin.ch/news/de/2022-0072 Translated: For the owner types of rental apartments, there are now cumulative results over three years (2019-2021). They enable analyses at cantonal level and for the six largest cities in Switzerland. At around a quarter (26%), the canton of Geneva had the lowest proportion of rental apartments owned by private individuals. In the cantons of Valais (68%) and Ticino (70%), on the other hand, this proportion was significantly higher. The owner category "Other limited company/ limited liability company/cooperative", which mainly comprises institutional investors such as insurance companies, pension funds or investment funds, accounted for half (50%) of all rental apartments in the canton of Geneva. In the cantons of Valais (23%) and Ticino (21%), on the other hand, less than a quarter of all rental apartments fell into this category. The Swiss average was 33%. The most detailed table i found: https://dam-api.bfs.admin.ch/hub/api/dam/assets/20784986/master https://dam-api.bfs.admin.ch/hub/api/dam/assets/20784986/mas... It lists privat, public, Cooperatives, investors, separated investors returning most gains to the public again(social security, insurances, …)