Tag: Housing market
Why many students have to commute to university
As of: April 14, 2024 3:02 p.m Commuting instead of university life: Many students cannot find a place to stay at the start of the semester. The demand for affordable…
Rent in Stuttgart: “If skilled workers can’t find an apartment, they won’t come.”
Rising rents are also deterring high-earning workers. In industrial cities like Stuttgart, this weakens the economy. Why housing construction is particularly slow there and who can still afford the city…
IW study: End of the downward trend in real estate prices
As of: February 1, 2024 11:21 a.m The downward trend in real estate prices has come to an end. According to a study by the IW, purchase prices for real…
Community housing projects as an answer to the crisis?
faq As of: September 24, 2023 3:55 p.m Residential projects promise affordable rents, democratic participation and a lifelong right of residence. But community can also cost time and energy. Is…
Almost a third fewer building permits
As of: September 18, 2023 12:17 p.m The decline in building permits even accelerated in July. The construction industry is sounding the alarm ahead of the new housing summit next…
History of GBW: From home rescuer to major landlord
When the non-profit Bavarian housing association was founded in 1936, it was supposed to build housing for homeless people. And today, under the new name Dawonia? Is she criticized for…
Affordable housing: Cities want the right of first refusal back – politics
It’s a cry for help from the country’s three largest cities. “For many tenants, the current situation means above all great uncertainty as to whether their apartment will still be…
Munich: City withdraws from two pre-emption rights – Munich
from Sebastian Krass They had good reason to hope that they would soon have a landlady who was not interested in profit but was committed to the common good. But…
Tenant electricity: energy from the roof – economy
The electricity is generated on the roof and is used directly in the house below. Only what cannot currently be used or stored flows into the network. And if not…
Interview with Franziska Giffey: “Of course Berlin can be governed” – Politics
What does Franziska Giffey want to achieve as the new governing mayor of the capital? A conversation about mishaps in the administration, their strategy against rent extortion and what makes…