Minister of construction Hubertz: Is Germany standing in front of the housing collapse?
Minister of construction Hubertz: Is Germany standing in front of the housing collapse?
Deutschland - On May 14, 2025, the focus is on housing policy and housing in Germany, especially in view of the high expectations of the new Minister of Construction Verena Hubertz (SPD). As a goal, the traffic light coalition has given the goal of creating 400,000 new apartments annually, which the old federal government has been clearly missed in recent years. RP online reported that less than 300,000 apartments were built for 2024 Accept 225,000 new apartments. In order to master this challenge, Felix Pakleppa from the Central Association of German Building Industry calls for a “construction turbo” and measures to make the construction easier, faster and cheaper.
Tim-Oliver Müller, representative of the main association of the German construction industry, speaks of a "huge" task and appeals to the government to end the "confusion of regulations" to increase productivity. In addition, Kai Warnecke from Haus & Grund emphasizes the urgency of municipal heat planning and calls for binding plans for the municipalities and a new "alliance affordable living space". The voices from homeless help are also clear: Susanne Hahmann calls for a social rent policy and a federal funding program for the prevention of residential losses.
Current situation of homelessness
The number of homeless people in Germany is now at least 531,600. The homeless report 2024 of the Federal Cabinet, which was decided on January 8, 2025, gives a comprehensive overview of the situation. Klara Geywitz, Federal Minister of Living, Urban Development and Building, emphasizes that the causes and manifestations of homelessness are diverse. The national action plan against homelessness was initiated to develop long -term solutions.
at the end of January 2024, according to the report, around 439,500 people were housed in the system of housing emergency aid, while around 60,400 people were hidden hidden and around 47,300 people lived on the street. The report also notes that the number of homeless people has increased compared to the previous year, which underlines the urgency of the political initiative. The federal government has decided to overcome housing and homelessness by 2030 by investing more than 20 billion euros in social housing by 2028.
construction industry and future perspectives
The framework conditions for housing have noticeably deteriorated due to the increased construction interest and costs since the Russian attack on Ukraine. , however, construction interest has dropped again since the end of 2023. In the fourth quarter of 2024, prices for the construction of new residential buildings rose by about 3.1 % compared to the previous year's quarter, which indicates a gradual revival of the market. Nevertheless, housing construction remains a central challenge that is associated with a variety of factors such as regional rental prices and offer rents.
A positive trend is the increase in 49,591 -funded residential units in social housing in 2023, which is an increase of 21 % compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, the total stock of social rental apartments in Germany is declining and reached around 1.07 million at the end of 2023, a decline of 18,000 apartments compared to the previous year.
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