Social and Affordable Housing in Germany: Retrospective and New Challenges
Social and Affordable Housing in Germany: Retrospective and New Challenges

Summary/Abstract: Bridging the gap between housing supply and needs is based on the fact that this is not possible with the government support alone as private investors are also crucial here. However, new opportunities have arisen for companies for which residential offerings in city centers are essential to their operations. For several years now, commerce has invested in real estate not only to build retail branches, but also in conjunction with housing. German cities are very interested in this type of projects, where valuable space in city centers above existing single-story stores is used for housing. As of 2018, some retail chains have combined their downtown sales interests with residential interests in the city. The research question posed in this paper is whether private investments could increase the availability of social and affordable housing.

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