Real estate: Germany’s three problems for living and building



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There are no longer tens of thousands of people wandering the streets of cities. The protest against housing shortages and overvalued rents has grown quieter in times of the pandemic. More recently, a broad alliance of 34 organizations and associations in the construction and real estate industry expressed their dissatisfaction, at least in writing.

In a letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), they write that the election year threatens to become the “year of the Corona real estate crisis.” A second housing offensive is required.

Federal, state and local authorities, along with more than a dozen associations from the real estate and housing industry, decided the first in September 2018. This Tuesday, those involved now want to take stock together.

Federal Construction Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) announced in advance that the agreed measures had been implemented and included a nearly complete checklist as evidence. But is the balance really that positive? A look at the problems in the German property market shows that the question of building areas for single-family homes is not the most pressing issue.

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