(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 ...

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 ...

Some two years ago, municipalities across Germany sounded the alarm, reporting that many places simply could not cope with the influx of refugees, in .

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 ...

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 ...

The good news is that there will be no socialist government in Germany after Sunday’s elections narrowly defeated that outcome. Germany elected the second-largest parliament in the world (after the ...

The two firms teamed up to acquire and renovate 13 student housing assets in nine German cities. Expansion plans include new development. Citing the lack of sufficient housing to serve Germany’s large ...

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 ...

On September 26, 2021, voters in the German capital Berlin not only cast their votes in federal, state, and municipal elections, they also cast their verdict on a referendum proposition, named ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government set out a raft of measures on Friday to try to speed up the construction of housing and limit rent rises as it seeks to tackle a drastic ...

WIESBADEN, Germany - Housing managers from across Installation Management Command Europe gathered recently along with some of their counterparts from Hawaii and Korea to learn more about the ...

Finding accommodation for refugees remains very challenging in Germany despite signs of a slight improvement, according to a survey of local authorities. "Emergency mode" has become a term frequently ...