The number of people without housing in Germany has soared above 1 million for the first time, exposing the devastating ...

(Bloomberg) -- Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner for German chancellor, has vowed to rapidly implement a 15-point plan if he secures power after the Feb. 23 election. The immediate measures ...

Skyrocketing interest rates around the globe have culminated in a worldwide housing crisis as economies deal with the problem of burgeoning unaffordable housing. Germany, Europe's largest economy, has ...

High housing costs and a lack of affordable accommodation have joined migration and the war in Ukraine as top campaign issues as German parties gear up for early elections. Housing Minister Klara ...

Germany’s shortage of affordable housing in urban centers remains one of the country’s biggest challenges. After successive federal governments set ambitious nationwide construction targets – ...

As of 6 May 2025 Germany has a new government. After intensive coalition negotiations, CDU/CSU and SPD agreed on a joint housing policy in their coalition agreement, combining and developing elements ...

BERLIN: The German government on Wednesday proposed a law to extend rent controls in an effort to make housing more affordable, following through on a key pledge of the new coalition government under ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Property sector news every morning. Germany’s property market avoided the cycle of boom and bust that floored other European countries ...

A protest against the planned development in Rummelsburg. Photo: Emily Manthei The David-versus-Goliath fight against Germany’s property boom has ignited housing activists, urban planners and ...

MUNICH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Firas swapped civil war in Syria for a chaotic refugee camp in Germany. Now he wants a home. Since January 2016, the 28-year-old graduate has lived in three ...