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Housing Construction Confidence Plummeting Ifo Reports Steep Decline
The mood in the residential construction sector has significantly deteriorated in April. According to the Ifo Institute, the…
Economist Demands Return of Housing Subsidy for Stalled German Construction Market
Considering the years of stagnation in new construction across Germany, housing and economics expert Matthias Günther, from the…
Rising Excess Housing Rate Intensifies Germany’s Struggle for Affordable Living
Finding affordable and suitable housing continues to become increasingly difficult for many people in Germany. According to the…
Berlin SPD Leader Slams Proposed Cuts to Housing Benefit
Steffen Krach, the leading SPD candidate in Berlin, sharply criticized the planned cuts to the housing benefit (Wohngeld)…
Construction Sector Criticizes Government For Neglecting Housing And Infrastructure
The German construction industry has publicly criticized the ruling coalition (the “black-red” bloc) for insufficient progress on housing…
Grüne Demand Tighter Real Estate Regulation To Stabilize Housing Market
Greens party leader Felix Banaszak argues that merely increasing new housing construction is not enough to solve the…
Baby Boomers Face Massive Housing Poverty From Small Pensions
The industrial union IG Bau has issued a serious warning regarding the impending risk of widespread housing poverty…
Housing Rights Under Threat As Billions in Wohngeld Cuts Loom
The Deutsche Mieterbund (German Tenants’ Association) has issued warnings regarding potential cuts to the housing allowance subsidy. Melanie…
Housing Benefit Cuts Planned Amid Federal Ministry Budget Slashing
Federal Minister of Construction Verena Hubertz (SPD) plans to meet the required budgetary savings for her ministry by…
Rich Payers Face New Fees For Social Housing Backlash Predicted
Amid ongoing housing shortages in several German cities, the CDU Economic Council, a CDU-affiliated lobbying group, is proposing…
Germany Approves 22200 More Housing Units Next February A Boost for Construction
In February 2026, building permits were issued for a total of 22,200 residential units across Germany. According to…
Interest Rate Worries Dampen Housing Sector Mood Index
The sentiment within the residential construction sector worsened again in March. The corresponding Ifo business climate index dropped…
Critics Slam Proposed Fines and Housing Rules for Refugee Minors
Proposed amendments regarding unaccompanied refugee minors, planned by the Family Ministry, are causing significant anger among professional associations…
German Housing Prices Rise 3 Percent in February 2026
The prices for constructing new conventional residential buildings in Germany rose by 3.3 percent in February 2026 compared…
German Minister Proposes Federal Corporation for Affordable Housing
Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) plans to tackle the severe housing market issues by establishing a “Federal Company…
Germany Faces Shortfall of 200,000 Student Housing Spots Nationwide
In Germany, the number of university dormitory places falls short by more than 200 000, according to calculations from…
Verena Hubertz Announces New Federal Housing Company to Address Shortage
Germany’s housing sector has fallen behind, prompting Federal Building Minister Verena Hubertz to propose creating a federal housing company of…
Only Four Percent of German Companies Plan Employee Housing in Next Five Years
Only four per cent of German firms plan to introduce new staff housing within the next five years,…
German Housing Minister Hubertz Acknowledges Federal Role in Nationwide Dissatisfaction
Verena Hubertz, Germany’s Federal Minister for Housing, acknowledged that the federal government shares responsibility for the country’s growing…
CDU Challenges SPD Plan for State Housing Company
Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) and Federal Housing Minister Verena Hubertz (SPD) have proposed establishing a state-run residential construction company. The…
Germany Launches Grants to Power EV Charging in Multi-Unit Housing
The Federal Ministry of Transport has launched a new funding programme aimed at expanding electric‑vehicle charging infrastructure in…
Greens Slam Coalition for Social Housing Planlessness
The Greens accuse the federal government of lack of planning in social housing. “When it comes to not‑for‑profit…
Ifo Institute Signals Improving Housing Construction Climate
The mood in residential construction continues to improve. The Ifo business climate index rose from -20.8 in January…
Homeless Teens Soar to New Record Amid Housing Crisis
Last year the number of homeless minors rose sharply. According to answers from the Ministry of Housing to…
German Social Association Slams Bürgergeld Reform Over Housing and Job Training Cuts
Just before the Bundestag’s final vote on reforming the Bürgergeld into basic security, the Social Association Germany (SoVD)…
Ifo President Fuest Warns Expanding Rent Cap Will Fuel Germany’s Housing Shortage
According to Ifo President Clemens Fuest, a broadening of the rent‑cap would actually worsen Germany’s housing crisis. In a…
German Housing Market Climate Slightly Improves at Start of Year
The mood in Germany’s residential construction sector has edged up at the beginning of the year. In January,…
German Housing Market Climbs 4 Percent in 2025 Following 1 Point Eight Percent Rise in 2024
Following a 1.8 % rise in 2024, German property prices increased by 4.0 % in 2025, according to the real‑estate‑price…
Union Pushes for Stronger Revisions to Housing Law Draft
The Union faction is calling for improvements to the draft rent law presented by Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig.…
Owners’ Association Warns Housing Market to Weaken from Hubig Reform
The owners’ association Haus und Grund warns that the reform proposals of Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) could weaken the housing…
Left Party Urges Social Housing Income Tax Reform as 2026 Growth Forecast Drops
In light of the federal government’s revised, lower growth forecast for 2026, the Left parliamentary group leader Heidi…
Germany’s Commission Plans Merge of Citizens’ Allowance, Child Supplement, and Housing Benefit into Unified Aid
The German federal government together with the Länder and municipalities has decided to combine the Bürgergeld, the Kinderzuschlag…
Housing Construction Permits Surge in Germany
Official data released Friday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reveals a surge in residential construction approvals in…
Housing Construction Permits Surge
The German construction sector registered a surprising resilience in October 2025, with 19,900 residential units granted building permits,…
Housing Recovery Stalls
The German real estate sector is facing a sobering reality check as year-end approaches, with a recent survey…
Housing Sentiment Brightens
The German construction sector, particularly residential building, has experienced a marginal improvement in sentiment during November, according to…
Hubertz Backs Housing Fund Boost
The German government is exploring a novel approach to stimulate housing construction through the planned Deutschlandfonds, a mechanism…
Housing Push Aims to Boost Construction
The German government’s ambitious housing construction targets are facing a harsh reality check, according to Housing Minister Verena…
Instone Resumes Major Housing Project Investment
Instone, a publicly traded project developer, is signaling a significant shift in the German real estate market with…
Housing Permits Surge in September
Official data released this week by the Statistical Federal Office (Destatis) indicates a significant surge in housing construction…
Left Leader to Preach on Housing Rights
The leader of Germany’s Left Party (Die Linke), Jan van Aken, will deliver a sermon this Wednesday evening…
Housing Approvals Signal Construction Revival
The German government is attempting to portray a nascent recovery in the construction sector, spearheaded by Housing Minister…
Housing Sentiment Dips Again
The German construction sector is signaling a renewed sense of caution, with the Ifo Institute’s business climate index…
Apprentices Need Housing Minister Urges Action
The Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building, Verena Hubertz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), has…
Housing Benefits Child Support to Link
The German government, under the leadership of Housing Minister Verena Hubertz (SPD), is planning a significant overhaul of…
Wealthy Tenants May Face Fees for Social Housing
The German government is considering a new levy on residents of social housing who earn above a certain…
Housing Right Debate Gains Momentum
The possibility of enshrining a constitutional right to housing is now under serious consideration within the German government,…
Housing Prices Still Rising
The German real estate market continued its upward trajectory in the third quarter of 2025, defying expectations of…
Germany Enforces Poultry Housing Amid Outbreak
The Saarland region of Germany has implemented an immediate mandatory housing order for all poultry, a response to…
States Face Poultry Housing Mandate
The German Agriculture Ministry has drawn criticism for a perceived reluctance to implement a nationwide mandatory housing order…
Housing Market Mood Brightens
A tentative thaw in sentiment is emerging within Germany’s beleaguered housing construction sector, according to the latest survey…
Benefit Cuts Threaten Housing Crisis
The proposed overhaul of Germany’s basic income support system, officially branded as “Bürgergeld” is drawing sharp criticism from…
Housing Construction Permits Surge in August
Data released Friday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reveals a modest increase in residential construction approvals across…
Housing Costs Surge Again
Germany’s housing market continues its upward trajectory, defying earlier predictions of stabilization, according to a new report released…
Housing Bill Faces Parliament Vote
The German Bundestag prepares to vote this Thursday on the controversial “Construction Acceleration” bill, championed by Housing Minister…
Housing Boost Aims to Speed Construction
The German Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building, led by Minister Verena Hubertz (SPD), is initiating…
Empty Homes Fuel Housing Crisis
A significant number of federally owned properties, including apartments, remain unused despite a critical shortage of affordable housing…
Construction Orders Rise Despite Housing Dip
Construction sector order intake saw a moderate increase in July 2025, according to data released by the Federal…
Housing Prices Surge in Germany
According to figures released Wednesday by the Statistical Federal Office, residential property prices in Germany increased by an…
Housing Prices Surge in Germany
Recent data released by the Statistical Federal Office indicates a continuing upward trend in residential property prices across…
Greens Eye Savings in Housing Costs for Welfare
A senior figure within the German Green Party’s parliamentary group, Andreas Audretsch, has highlighted substantial potential savings within…
Housing Sector Gloom Returns
The residential construction sector experienced a renewed downturn in sentiment during August, according to the Ifo Institute’s latest…
Housing Starts Surge in July
Construction approvals in Germany saw a significant rebound in July 2025, according to data released Thursday by the…
Housing Stock Rises in Germany
Germany’s housing stock reached approximately 43.8 million units by the close of 2024, according to data released by…
Housing Shortage To Last Until 2030s
A persistent shortage of housing is expected to continue in Germany for at least the next decade, according…
Construction Sector Calls for Housing Action
A broad coalition of industry stakeholders in the construction and real estate sectors is urgently warning of a…
Tax Breaks Boost Company Housing
Addressing the acute housing shortage, a leading figure from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has called for a…
Housing a Constitutional Right Demanded
The nationwide Day for People Experiencing Homelessness this Thursday has prompted renewed calls for constitutional reform. Jan van…
Berlin Plans Tighter Housing Rules
Steffen Krach, the presumptive SPD candidate for the upcoming Berlin state parliament election, has outlined plans to address…
German Housing Confidence Surges in July
Sentiment within the German housing sector showed marked improvement in July, according to data released Friday by the…
Housing Chief Voices Doubt Over Public Ownership Plans
Germany’s Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Spatial Planning, Verena Hubertz, has expressed reservations regarding the potential…
Housing Demand Needs Rethinking
Germany faces a growing crisis of affordable housing, exacerbated by rising expectations and an increasing demand for space,…
Apprentice Housing Costs Strain Young Workers
As the new training year commences, concerns are mounting regarding the financial strain on young apprentices facing escalating…
Prefab Housing Weathers Downturn Better
Construction of prefabricated homes experienced a decline in 2024, reflecting a broader slowdown in the construction sector. According…
Housing Boom Signals Social Change
A potential shift is underway in the provision of social housing in Germany, according to Federal Minister for…
Housing Approvals Plummet in Germany
Official data released Friday by the Statistical Federal Office (Destatis) indicates a fluctuating landscape in German residential construction…
Housing Market Optimism Rises
Sentiment in Germany’s residential construction sector experienced a noticeable improvement in June, according to the latest data from…
Merz Housing Remarks Spark Green Party Outrage
A debate has ignited within Germany concerning the affordability of housing and its impact on individuals receiving social…
Germany: Unions Demand Housing Investment Alongside Welfare Reform
Discussions surrounding potential reforms to Germany’s citizen’s allowance (Bürgergeld) have intensified, with the German Confederation of Trade Unions…
Housing Market Shock Prices Surge Across Germany
According to data released Tuesday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), residential property prices in Germany experienced an…
Germany’s Housing Market Just Got a Temporary Reprieve
Berlin, Germany – The German Bundestag has extended the rent brake until the end of 2029, with the…
Fines Loom for Landlords as Housing Market Explodes
German Housing Minister Verena Hubertz has expressed a desire to strengthen the enforcement of the rent brake, a…
Europe’s Housing Crisis Needs a ‘Fast Lane’ to Affordable Living
German Real Estate Association Calls for Priority in Affordable Housing Projects The head of the German Association of…
Gender Revolution, But Housing Crisis Ignored?
German Actor Jan Josef Liefers Criticizes German Politics on Housing and Diversification Jan Josef Liefers, a German actor,…
Legoland’s Radical Solution to the Housing Crisis
Günzburg, a small town located between Augsburg and Ulm, has a population of 21,500, with the Legoland theme…
HOUSING REVOLUTION: Germany’s Unions Demand a 100,000-Unit Social Housing Boom!
A German trade union and a tenants’ association have urged the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the trade…
Social Housing Crisis Looms Large
The federal chairman of the IG BAU, Robert Feiger, has accused political parties in the election campaign of…
VdK President Sounds Alarm as Germany’s Affordable Housing Dwindles to a Critical Low
In a recent interview with the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland”, the President of the Social Union VdK, Verena Bentele, emphasized…
BOMBSHELL: Leftist Party Demands Radical Shift in Housing Policy Amid 550,000 Affordable Housing Shortage
In the face of warnings from the “Social Housing Alliance”, Left Party leader Jan van Aken is calling…
November’s Shock: Housing Construction Prices Soar!
Building Prices for Conventional Mass-Housing in Germany Rise by 3.1% in November 2024 According to the Federal Statistical…
BOMBSHELL: 220,000 Families Left Homeless in Shocking Housing Crisis!
Around 220,000 people in single-person and couple households with children were homeless in Germany as of January 31,…