Housing should be affordable for everyone, that is the promise of the traffic light government. But what about rent control, new construction and tenancy law reform? About power games and a big feud.From Constanze von Bullion and Angelika Slavik, BerlinFor tenants, it sounded like a promise. The federal government, led by the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, wanted to make housing affordable for everyone. Especially for people with little money should be built to the best of their ability and the...
The emergency shelters are full of recognized refugees who should have been looking for their own apartments long ago. Most would also love to move out, but they hardly have a chance on the market.from Annette Jäger, GraefelfingIn fact, Sayed Musawi and his wife Sediqe could have lived in their own apartment for a long time. Both are recognized as refugees, he works full-time as a tiler, she as a seamstress. Nevertheless, the couple from Afghanistan still lives in the...
Status: 01/31/2023 11:21 am The situation on the housing market is getting worse. Germany's largest real estate group Vonovia is putting all new construction projects planned for this year on hold. The reason is inflation and higher interest rates. The real estate group Vonovia has stopped all new construction projects planned for 2023 due to rising construction costs and interest rates. "We will not have any new construction projects starting this year. Inflation and interest rates have risen enormously, and...
The mail fell last Tuesday in the mailboxes, and the first receipts have since arrived, all reassessed. "My rent goes from 590 to 710 euros, an increase of 120 euros", blows Stéphanie, 39, resident of an HLM residence in the 10th arrondissement of Marseille. And for good reason: the social landlord, Habitat Marseille Provence, provides for 2023 new monthly charges for collective heating. “I deleted subscriptions for my children, lowered the telephone packages, and we are going to switch to...
A mother and her two children are threatened with eviction from the social housing they occupy, in a residence in Viols-le-Fort (Hérault). The social landlord, FDI Habitat, launched this procedure after being informed that the tenant had sublet her apartment on Airbnb. It was a neighbor who notified the services of FDI Habitat.The tenant assures that she did not know that it was prohibited. HAS Free lunch, this specialized educator says that she took this step “to offer a canyoning...
With its 32 floors and 144 m high, it has dominated the city of Nantes since 1976. But since June 2020, the Tour Bretagne is nothing more than a huge empty shell. Its occupants, mostly government employees, have all left the building due to lengthy asbestos removal and renovation work. This Thursday, the real estate development group game, owner of 76% of the tower, and the other co-owners announce the launch of a "call for projects" for the overall rehabilitation...
The government of Upper Bavaria has approved subsidies in the millions for affordable housing in the district of Munich. A total of 17.7 million euros will be used to build a total of 52 rental apartments in Brunnthal, Grasbrunn, Oberschleißheim and Unterschleißheim. Of this, a total of 10.4 million euros will be paid out to the municipalities and the city as grants and 7.3 million euros will be granted as low-interest promotional loans. The total costs of all renovation and...
It's a good thing that building minister Klara Geywitz dropped the irrational goal of building 400,000 apartments a year. It's very bad, however, that she now wants apartments off the assembly line. source site
On the construction site, things rarely go as planned. And above all, things are not going as planned. An experience that Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) is making. Their plan actually envisaged: 400,000 new apartments per year, 100,000 of them as social housing. This is what the federal government has decided to do and created a separate building ministry with a budget worth billions. Nevertheless, the new building goal does not work, not in the past year and probably...
It's a good thing that building minister Klara Geywitz dropped the irrational goal of building 400,000 apartments a year. It's very bad, however, that she now wants apartments off the assembly line.from Gerhard MatzigKlara Geywitz is the federal minister for housing, urban development and construction - and you don't have to blame the trained political scientist for not being trained for housing, urban development and construction. However, one is relieved that the new defense minister, for example, as a trained...
