housing

Germany’s Housing Shortage: Why Subsidies and Non-Profit Status No Longer Solve the Crisis State-driven policies to expand affordable housing have trapped public budgets in permanent subsidies, complicating efforts to ease …

Landlord lobby urges income-based modernization surcharge to shield low earners A German landlord association calls for modernization surcharge payments to be limited to higher-income tenants, saying fairness requires wealth-based allocation …

Germany’s Churches Publish Wartime Pastoral Plan Highlighting POW Care and Chaplain Shortages Germany’s Catholic and Protestant churches released a wartime pastoral plan outlining care for POWs, wounded personnel and a …

Athens housing market soars as prices double and affordable supply dwindles Athens housing market is overheating: prices have doubled since 2017, tourism and foreign buyers shrink supply while the city …

Housing shortage in Germany widens: 1.4 million homes missing and 900,000 social units short Germany faces a housing shortage of about 1.4 million homes and a 900,000 social housing gap, …

Asbestos Discovery Stalls Stuttgart Housing Modernisation, Raising Costs and Safety Concerns Asbestos finds in Stuttgart’s 1960s–70s housing are slowing modernisation, inflating costs and forcing tougher detection, removal and funding measures …

Building permits in Germany rise sharply in early 2026 as housing approvals rebound Building permits in Germany rose 16.2% in Jan–Feb 2026 to 41,700, with February up 24.1% to 22,200, …