Greifswald fights against housing shortage: more social living space required!

Greifswald fights against housing shortage: more social living space required!

The city of Greifswald faces a major challenge: the housing market is strongly under pressure and the need for affordable living space is growing steadily. The city's citizens have now decided to tackle the problem. In the next meeting on July 14, 2025, a decision for the reconciliation of the “affordable living space” working group will be presented. This step is intended to help alleviate the acute housing shortage in Greifswald, which is caused by a continuous increase in rents and an inadequate number of available apartments. As ndr was already presented in 2019 a comprehensive catalog of measures to improve the situation, which now is to be evaluated and updated.

The administration was also asked to deliver specific figures on the required apartments and social housing. This is crucial, since the right to social housing only applies to tenants with a residential authorization certificate that is linked to income limits. The development of the exhibition of these notes in recent years shows that this is far from enough to do justice to demand. In 2018 only 24 residential rights were issued in 2019 and in 2019 to May.

dispute over the right procedure

The way to better residential future is not without hurdles. The dispute between the SPD and the CDU aims, among other things, on the promotion of new construction projects and the discharge directive. Beautier Jeannette von Busse (CDU) has repeatedly spoken out against these guidelines, which is fueling the discussions within the citizens. On the voting day, the administration even withdrawn as a bring -in of the template, which does not exactly ensure calm and a quick solution.

The next developments are eagerly awaited. However, it is clear that Greifswald urgently needs solutions to relieve the housing market and continue to ensure a good and affordable home for everyone in the future.