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Housing shortage in Rostock: Rent prices are rising, the future is uncertain!
Rostock's housing market is tense: high prices, low vacancies and challenges for students and low earners.
Housing shortage in Rostock: Rent prices are rising, the future is uncertain!
For many people, looking for an apartment in Rostock is increasingly becoming a race against time. The Hanseatic city's housing market is currently highly competitive, with a vacancy rate of less than 1%. This means that low-income earners, migrants, people with disabilities and students in particular face major challenges in finding a suitable home. On the podcast “MV in focus” The problems that arise when looking for an apartment are discussed in detail.
The situation for students is particularly tense, as the student union figures show. At the end of August, 1,112 applicants applied for just 373 dormitory places. The average price for a room in a shared apartment is 454 euros, which is significantly higher than the Bafög housing allowance of 380 euros. In this situation, it becomes impossible for many people to find suitable accommodation.
Challenges for families and migrants
The housing shortage affects not only students, but also families, especially those with many children and low incomes. Large homes are rare, meaning families who wanted to build now have to compete in the housing market. In addition, foreign students and migrants often have to contend with massive prejudices. Landlords often assume that migrants have no financial resources, which makes finding a home even more difficult.
Miriam Gedrose from the “Rostock Helps” association recommends enhancing applications for apartments with personalized profiles and photos in order to convince potential landlords. One bright spot is the ongoing construction work for 300 new dormitory places in Rostock's Südstadt. These are due to be completed in April and could ease the tense situation somewhat.
Joint efforts for a better future
The Rostock housing company Wiro has also launched a program called “Stay in the area, rent stable” in order to offer existing tenants a certain degree of stability. At an NDR talk, many citizens expressed the desire to lower rents in Rostock in order to enable more people to have a home.
Another project, “Moins”, aims to quickly help the homeless. The city administration estimates that there are around 360 homeless people in Rostock, although the number of unreported cases could be even higher. Rostock is also taking part in an EU-wide pilot study on homelessness, which aims to research the causes and exchange information between municipalities. This shows that the city is trying to address the problems at their root.
A positive sign is the opening of a new seniors' shared apartment in Evershagen by the “Tausamen tau hus” association. Such initiatives are important in order to meet the various needs of the population and to promote community coexistence in the city.
In conclusion, it can be said that the challenges in the Rostock housing market are great, but there is hope for the future through various projects and programs. Architect Andreas Krüger sees the new federal laws, which are intended to accelerate housing construction, as opportunities for Rostock to expand the city's living space and make it accessible to everyone.