Brandenburg's solution against housing shortage: 1,300 new social housing 2025!

Brandenburg's solution against housing shortage: 1,300 new social housing 2025!

Brandenburg faces the challenge of fighting the social housing shortage. Infrastructure Minister Detlef Tabbert (BSW) has announced that the construction or renovation of 1,300 social housing will be tackled this year. This was announced after a meeting of the Brandenburg alliance for living. In order to achieve this goal, 250 million euros are available for the promotion of social housing in the current financial year. This sum represents the highest amount of funding for social housing in Brandenburg and is an increase of ten percent compared to the previous year.

These measures are urgently required because the number of social housing in the country has dropped to 18,000- the lowest level since 1990. The decline is particularly due to the expiry of rental price and contractual bonds. At the same time, construction prices rise, which means that fewer apartments can be built despite higher budgets. In order to counteract this, measures to convert empty commercial space in apartments should also be promoted.

measures to facilitate housing construction

As part of the planned reforms to promote social housing, Tabbert announced that the building regulations should be renewed by the end of the year. The simplification of the requirements for the construction of student living space and the facilitating of the upstocking building of existing buildings are also on the agenda. In addition, the fire protection standards are to be reduced, based on the requirements of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The Alliance for Housing, which was founded in 2017, is actively committed to demand, barrier -free and affordable living. His members include the City and Community Association, the Association of Berlin-Brandenburg-based housing companies, representatives of the construction industry and the Brandenburg Chamber of Architects. However, in 2021 the tenant association left the alliance after a dispute over the application of the rental price brake in the country.

long -term strategies and digital solutions

For the coming years, Brandenburg is planning to provide 250 million euros for social housing in 2025 and 2026. The state government has also announced that from 2023, digital building applications should be possible in all 20 building authorities. Six building positions are currently already in real operation. This digitization is intended to simplify and accelerate the process of building permit.

The promotion of living space also includes specific programs for new construction and modernization. New buildings are promoted under certain areas of the area, for example in inner-city renovation and development areas, while the acquisition is subject to fewer strict requirements with modernization measures. The aim is to strengthen the inner cities and maintain socially stable residents' structures.

The reforms and investments required according to tabberts are more important than ever to counteract the housing shortage in Brandenburg. The next steps will be decisive for the future of social housing in the country.

For more information on living space funding in Brandenburg, please visit the website of the Ministry for Infrastructure and State Planning: Ministry of Infrastructure and State planning .

More details on the expectations for social housing can be found in the report of rbb24 and Tagesspiegel .