Brandenburg's housing construction offensive: 1,300 new social housing in sight!

Brandenburg's housing construction offensive: 1,300 new social housing in sight!

The situation on the housing market in Brandenburg has increasingly worsened in recent years. In order to counteract the housing shortage, Brandenburg's infrastructure minister Detlef Tabbert (BSW) has issued ambitious goals: for 2025, a funding of 250 million euros is on the plan for social housing. This could enable the construction or renovation of 1,300 social housing, a number that was reached in the previous year with over 1,100 rent -bound apartments. Nevertheless, the pressure on the market is getting bigger, as the latest developments show. According to rbb24 , the number of social housing in Brandenburg has dropped to 18,000, which has been marked since 1990.

increasing construction prices are created to create the project, which also brings one or the other company to the limits. While the infrastructure minister relies on reforming and purifying the building regulations, the requirements for the construction of student living space and the increase in buildings are only part of the plan to improve the prerequisites. The federal government plans to amend the building code by the end of the year in order to adapt the standards to the German level. This could also mean a breath for construction companies that have come under great pressure due to rising costs, such as the reported.

The housing shortage in Brandenburg is not just a local affair. It is reflected in Germany. Creative solutions are required in this context. The modular construction, as tested in Berlin-Lichtenberg, shows how innovative approaches can be built faster and cheaper. There are 1,500 social housing that can be installed in the shortest possible time. A complete bathroom can be installed within 20 minutes, and the square meter price is around 2,000 euros-less than half of the costs in the conventional building, reports Tagesschau .

But there are also warnings: Despite these progress, Germany is still faced with a deficiency of 550,000 apartments, especially in the affordable segment. The demands for additional billion dollar investments in housing are louder. Among other things, the alliance of social housing demands that the annual funding to be raised to 100,000 new social housing, while the last governments have only achieved 23,000. A challenge that Brandenburg cannot ignore.

start for changes

The need for changes is obvious. The “Alliance for Housing” was launched in 2017 to tackle the challenges of the housing market together. Essential players in the housing and real estate industry are involved. However, there are challenges that have to be mastered, such as the exit of the tenant association in 2021 after a dispute over the rental price brake, which questions the ability to cooperate. rbb24 describes the previous success, but also does not leave the difficulties of the future out.