An unrealistic goal.

When it came to power in November 2021, Germany's Green-Red-Yellow traffic light coalition government set a target of building 400,000 new homes per year, with approximately 100,000 of these being social welfare or social housing.

However, according to Werena Rosenke, CEO of the German Association for the Support of the Homeless (BAG W), the German government is unlikely to achieve its target, and even the figure of 100,000 social housing units is quite modest as it is insufficient to address the shortage of affordable housing. BAG W is the national sponsoring organization for emergency housing support services in Germany. According to the organization's latest data, there were 607,000 homeless people in Germany in 2022, of which approximately 50,000 lived on the streets.

Social housing means that homeowners receive government subsidies to rent out their apartments at a fixed price significantly lower than market rates. In addition to social housing, Ms. Rosenke argues that an additional 100,000 affordable housing units are needed. However, in recent years, only about 25,000 new affordable housing units have been built, insufficient to offset the declining housing supply.

The director of BAG W argues that homelessness is a serious social problem and that the severe shortage of affordable housing is the root cause. Rosenke has proposed several relatively less expensive measures to address homelessness, such as facilitating home purchases from private owners or the housing market, or repairing emergency housing and converting it into social housing.

The German government has declared its intention to end homelessness in the country by 2030, with the help of an action plan to be approved by the cabinet in early 2024. However, it may take many more years for this plan to be implemented by Germany's 16 states, cities, and municipalities.

VIET LE

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/muc-tieu-kho-kha-thi-post720439.html