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The real estate associations want to support the federal government in its efforts to build 400,000 new apartments per year, 100,000 of them publicly subsidized. "The federal government receives full support in its goal of creating 400,000 new homes every year in this legislative period. Because the framework conditions have once again deteriorated sharply due to massive...

BDEW, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries, is calling on those responsible to fill the so-called area tool (flaechentool.de) with life. The area tool is intended to accelerate the development of charging infrastructure for e-vehicles. According to BDEW, properties of the federal government, the states and municipalities, as well as of companies, can be recorded in the area tool so that project developers can...

Even if a wife has another registration address abroad, this does not preclude her from living in an apartment in Germany together with her husband (Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Urt. v. 17.03.2022, 33 C 2294/21 (29)). This was recently decided by the Frankfurt am Main Local Court. In the case at hand, a husband had died in 2020. The son informed the landlady of this and demanded...

The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Die Moderne Küche (AMK) points out kitchen appliances that combine function and appearance. For example, new brand-name fully automatic coffee machines not only score points for their looks, but also boast fast and intuitive operation and prepare a wide range of coffee and milk specialties, optionally with a particularly energy-saving...

Especially in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Berlin and Thuringia, landlords will have to reckon with high CO2 taxes from 2023. This is the result of a study by the digital real estate manager objego. According to this, 41.8 percent of residential buildings in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had the worst energy efficiency classes G and H in 2021, 38.7 percent in Berlin and 35.5 percent in Thuringia. From 2023 onwards, with a...

Felix Pakleppa, Chief Executive of the German Construction Industry Association (zdb), does not believe that the 400,000 homes targeted by the German government can be built this year. "With around 293,400 new homes completed, we fell well short of expectations and forecasts last year. Unfortunately, we have to assume that there will be...

The Solar Decathlon Europe, according to the organizers the world's largest university competition for sustainable building and living, is being held in Germany for the first time. The event is also open to the general public: from Friday, June 10, to Sunday, June 26, visitors can learn more about sustainable building and living, architecture and climate protection there with free admission....

Owners must also comply with the consideration requirement in building law if they want to build parking spaces for electric vehicles (VG 13 K 184/19). This was recently decided by the Administrative Court in Berlin. In the case in question, an owner of a property in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg wanted to build five parking spaces with two electrical connections. On the property there are...

The "freundin.de" portal reveals which colors are currently in vogue in kitchens. The colors white, green and dove gray are currently in. The colors pink, anthracite and baby blue are no longer in fashion. The portal also gives some reasons why this is so. White, for example, looks timeless, green radiates freshness and dove gray, also called taupe, looks very...

Can investors reduce the construction of parking spaces in new residential construction and can this save space if there are subway stations, car-sharing services or rental bike systems in the immediate vicinity? How many parking spaces are then still necessary? What legal conditions need to be taken into account? The German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) is investigating these questions on behalf of the Bavarian...