Tag: Housing policy
IW doubts the federal government’s new construction target
development area Scaffolded, unfinished new buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia. The government wants to create 400,000 new homes annually. Photo: dpa (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Despite the lack of affordable housing in…
Geywitz wants to regulate the municipal right of first refusal
Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz “It is important to me that the cities have the opportunity to influence their own urban development.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz…
Ampel has to make financial improvements in social housing
housing There is a lack of affordable housing, especially in the metropolitan areas. (Photo: dpa) Berlin SPD, Greens and FDP have big plans: 400,000 new apartments are to be built…
Klara Geywitz is facing major challenges
Berlin For Klara Geywitz (SPD), the coalition agreement reads like a specification sheet that is difficult to master. The SPD, the Greens and the FDP have agreed that building and…
The lack of housing is a problem that needs to be solved regionally
construction site Out of an average of around 350,000 approved apartments per year, not even 300,000 have actually been built in recent years. (Photo: dpa) According to the coalition agreement,…
“An expropriation does not create a single new apartment”
Karla Geywitz The SPD politician has been Federal Minister for Construction for a few days. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The new Federal Minister of Construction, Klara Geywitz (SPD), wants to promote…
That is the first task of the new building minister
Berlin A new federal government – a new focus on subsidy policy in housing construction in order to reduce emissions in a more targeted manner. That is the plan of…
New rules for tenants and owners
The 177-page coalition agreement has been signed by all parties involved. In addition to the major priorities of climate, digitization and pandemics, the new federal government is planning some requirements…
How powerful will the building ministry get?
But the SPD, the Greens and the Liberals are still struggling to find the exact size of the department. It depends on how powerful the new ministry will really be,…
Experts should advise on housing referendums
Berlin skyline In September, a majority voted for the referendum for the association of apartments of large real estate groups. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In Berlin, the SPD, the Greens and…
Challenges for traffic lights in housing policy
Berlin The possible new federal government has set an initial target in building and housing policy: 400,000 new apartments per year. “That means just under 1100 newly built, ready-to-move-in apartments…
In September, more new apartments were approved in Germany
Construction site of a terraced house Two-family houses in particular were last built. (Photo: dpa) Wiesbaden After a small summer slump, more apartments were approved again in Germany in September.…
Majority for the Berlin referendum on expropriations is emerging
Expropriations The initiative “Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co” is the initiator of the referendum. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the Berlin referendum on expropriations from real estate groups, after counting more…
Rent brake: Housing market facing a new wave of regulation
Apartment blocks in Berlin Between 2006 and 2020, rents for furnished apartments rose by 78.2 percent across Germany, almost 50 percentage points more than those for unfurnished apartments. (Photo: dpa)…
Hamburg launches Federal Council initiative to reduce rental prices
Apartment blocks in Berlin Between 2006 and 2020, rents for furnished apartments rose by 78.2 percent across Germany, almost 50 percentage points more than those for unfurnished apartments. (Photo: dpa)…
Real estate: expropriation in the reality check: seven facts about the Berlin referendum
Berlin votes on September 26th on the possible expropriation of Deutsche Wohnen and other real estate companies. What the decision could mean for tenants and corporations. .