Tag: Klara Geywitz
Klara Geywitz announces successor to Baukindergeld
home ownership The Federal Building Ministry is working on a concept for promoting ownership. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federal Building Ministry is working on a concept for promoting ownership. A…
What happens at the Alliance for Affordable Housing
Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz The SPD politician wants to accelerate housing construction. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) has set aside 170 days to implement a…
The number is falling – despite billions in funding
Berlin The coalition has set itself the goal of providing 100,000 social housing units a year. But despite increased federal funding, social housing construction is not progressing. In 2021, just…
Experts see gaps in Wissing’s immediate program
Berlin The expert council for climate issues has rejected the climate plan by transport minister Volker Wissing (FDP) as completely inadequate. On Thursday, the experts who are examining the climate…
Experts see gaps in Wissing’s immediate program
Volker Wissing (FDP) The expert council for climate issues has rejected the climate plan by transport minister Volker Wissing (FDP) as completely inadequate. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The expert council for…
Employees fear a house divided
Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) So far, the construction of the Ministry of Construction has been rather disorderly. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The SPD has a lot to show for…
The coalition argues about climate protection
Berlin In the federal government, the dispute over the future rules for climate protection is coming to a head. As the Handelsblatt learned from government circles, the Greens and the…
The traffic light coalition is in crisis when it comes to climate protection
Berlin In the federal government, the dispute over the future rules for climate protection is coming to a head. As the Handelsblatt learned from government circles, the Greens and the…
Federal government wants to present strategy by 2023
drought in parks The grass has dried up in Berlin’s Volkspark Friedrichshain. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Record temperatures and little rain, that’s Germany in the summer of 2022. Federal Environment Minister…
This is how the BDI wants to save the new building target
Construction site in Potsdam The BDI believes that clear funding conditions, fast approval procedures, good depreciation options and digital administration are the basis for meeting the ambitious housing construction goals.…
This is planned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Construction
Discarded radiators Numerous houses and apartments in Germany are still not up to date when it comes to saving energy. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The building sector is one of the…
This is planned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Construction
Berlin The building sector is one of the major CO2 emitters in Germany. The heating of buildings and the provision of hot water alone are responsible for around 40 percent…
Federal government prepares for gas emergency
Robert Habeck “We can’t go into the winter at 56 percent.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck does not rule out legal measures to save energy as…
SPD-Left calls for nationalization of real estate companies
Berlin Leading politicians of the SPD Left see an urgent need for action to protect tenants from inflation-related rent increases. “Vonovia and other real estate companies regularly show that they…
KfW funding chaos and real estate transfer tax cause problems
Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) at the Day of the German Building Industry The minister promised to create a “successor” for the Baukindergeld, as a “subsidy for people who…
CO2 sharing between tenants and landlords
Berlin From the federal government’s point of view, the participation of landlords in the heating costs aimed for by the traffic light coalition could become a case for the courts.…
The bimah remains with the Treasury
Berlin The Federal Agency for Real Estate (Bima) is one of the largest property owners in Germany. According to its own statements, it owns around 500,000 hectares of land and…
Building Minister Scharrenbach: Cartel Office should check building material prices
construction site Building material prices had already exploded last year. According to data from the Federal Statistical Office, the prices for individual building materials such as wood and steel rose…
What Klara Geywitz is planning for the municipal right of first refusal
Klara Geywitz The Federal Building Minister has presented a new draft law. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) wants to regulate the municipal right of first refusal.…
The economy, countries and tenants are demanding more speed
Berlin Rising energy prices, material bottlenecks on construction sites and a lack of living space in many German cities. This Wednesday, the “Affordable Housing Alliance” led by Federal Building Minister…