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Terminate the tenancy because the landlord wants to move in himself? Strict rules applied under GDR law. The BGH clarifies: The German Civil Code also applies to old contracts today.
A forced eviction is a disaster for those affected. Saxony is relatively far ahead in a comparison of federal states.
There are enough vacancies in large East German cities and finding an apartment is not a problem - this cliché is now being partially refuted.
Construction companies in the east are still struggling. Only public construction recorded an increase in the period from January to September.
More than 4,500 people in the Free State are housed in a facility because they have no accommodation. The Left Party believes that the Free State is also responsible.
The construction industry in Saxony recorded a significant drop in turnover in the first half of the year. Much less was built.
Sharp rent increases in Saxony are no longer limited to the metropolitan areas of Dresden and Leipzig. According to the Left Party, consideration must also be given to building social housing in the surrounding areas.
The situation on the Dresden housing market is tight. This also applies to places in student residences. A new hall of residence should bring relief.
In growing cities like Dresden, apartments are becoming scarce. That is why the state capital now wants to step up the pace of housing construction.
In Saxony, additional places in halls of residence for students and trainees are being created with federal aid. However, the Left Party believes this is not enough.
No tenant should be stunned by their operating costs, says the Association of Saxon Housing Cooperatives. Politicians must therefore consider the issues of housing and energy together.
There is a financial injection for the construction and modernization of dormitories for vocational school students and trainees.
Private customers of the savings banks in eastern Germany are once again taking out more loans, particularly for residential construction. Business had collapsed due to high interest rates.
Despite a growing need for housing, building permits are falling drastically in some Saxon cities. Without more new construction, Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz are threatened with considerable housing market bottlenecks.
Those who receive citizen's allowance receive additional support with rent and heating. However, this is often not enough, especially for families and in Saxony's large cities.
Anyone living near an airport can be affected by noise. Now there is a contact person for this in Saxony-Anhalt. The man is already known in Saxony.
A former industrial site in Chemnitz is to be converted into a "hotspot for living and working". The project is receiving support from the state of Saxony.
People cannot be moved around like tokens on a map, say the Left Party in the Saxon state parliament. They are critical of Federal Building Minister Geywitz's "relocation plans".
The right to adequate housing is a human right. For many people, however, housing is hardly affordable, for example in large cities. The Left Party is calling for a rethink.
The BFW warns of a dramatic decline in building permits in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia of more than 28 percent. The reasons are rising construction costs and economic uncertainties.
A new center for construction research is being built in the Lusatian mining district with 5.7 million euros in funding.
Despite higher investments, Saxony's housing cooperatives built fewer apartments last year. The increases in construction costs lead to less construction output and pose a challenge.
The number of building permits for apartments in Saxony fell sharply last year. In 2023, permits were issued for a total of 8699 apartments with an area of 893,600 square meters in the Free State, as announced by the State Statistical Office on Monday. This was 26 percent less than in the previous y ..
Saxony wants to promote climate-neutral and affordable housing in the state with six million euros. Housing companies, private developers, associations and homeowners' associations have until June 16 to apply for the "Signpost projects: climate-neutral and affordable living" call, as announced by th ..
The Left Party in the Saxon state parliament is calling for a change in the social housing construction system away from bureaucratic application procedures and towards non-profit housing.
The number of social housing units in Saxony rose by 452 to just under 13,000 last year. However, the demand is far higher. In a survey, local authorities reported a need for a good 11,000 additional social housing units. At 10,000, the shortage is by far the greatest in Dresden, according to the Mi ..
In some places, apartments are in short supply. On the other hand, some regularly fall victim to the wrecking ball - for example, if the vacancy rate is too high. But is that sensible? There are also doubts.
Apartments are particularly needed in Saxony's major cities. Saxony wants to give more impetus to a sector that is struggling with numerous problems.
Should there be a perimeter development on Tempelhofer Feld? This is a particularly controversial topic in Berlin. The governing mayor has a clear opinion on the matter.
The announced state housing construction offensive in Bavaria is making little progress. Current figures paint a sobering picture.
The citizens' initiative "Mitmachstadt" is calling for the preservation of the two buildings in residential complex I, the first neighborhood to be built in Neustadt. However, the municipal housing association wants to take the largely empty blocks off the market.
The foundation stone for 100 new council apartments was laid in Leipzig on Thursday. The municipal Leipziger Wohnungs- und Baugesellschaft (LWB) wants to bring the two- to six-room apartments to the market for a basic rent of 6.50 euros per square meter, as the company announced. The LWB is receivin ..
Saxony's housing cooperatives see a need for change in the face of adversities such as high energy prices and rising construction costs.
The city of Dresden has created new housing containers for migrants and the first people will be able to move in next Monday. A total of up to 505 people are to be temporarily accommodated.
The municipal housing industry is expecting a dramatic slump in new construction projects in Saxony this year and next, including in social housing.
Saxony is increasing funding for social housing in Dresden and Leipzig by an average of 20 percent. The cabinet in Dresden approved the improved funding conditions on Tuesday, and some points of the existing guidelines were amended. According to Regional Development Minister Thomas Schmidt (CDU), th ..
The housing vacancy rate in eastern Germany remained significantly higher than in the west in 2022. The market-active vacancy rate for multi-storey apartments was 5.8 percent in eastern Germany (excluding Berlin) and 1.9 percent in the west, as the consulting institute Empirica announced in Berlin o ..
The volume of orders in the main construction sector in eastern Germany fell by 4.1 percent to EUR 14.6 billion. No trend reversal in sight.
The proportion of households in Saxony with modern heating systems has risen. At the same time, the proportion of particularly old heating systems has risen. The federal government is planning measures for climate-friendly heating.
In the Vogtlandkreis district, residents live the most favorably in Germany, as a recent study shows.
The number of commuters in Saxony increased in the first half of 2022, according to the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) in Bonn.
Private households in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia saved more energy last year than the national average.
The skilled trades and associations are appealing to the federal government to take action to save the construction and real estate industry in order to ensure affordable housing and achieve climate targets.
Anyone submitting applications in Germany often has to do so with different authorities. At least in the case of heating subsidies, this is now to be bundled.
Students in Leipzig have to spend more money on a shared room in the summer semester than a year ago. This emerges from a study of the Moses Mendelssohn Institute (MMI) in cooperation with the real estate portal WG-gesucht.de, which was published on Wednesday. Accordingly, a room in the summer semes ..
In Saxony, 557 social housing units were completed last year. This was announced by the state parliamentary group of the Left Party on Sunday. According to a response from the Saxon government to a small question from the faction's housing policy spokeswoman, Juliane Nagel, 297 of the new social hou ..