Alongside citizen's benefit (Bürgergeld), housing benefit is the central pillar of social housing security in Germany. It helps low-income households to cover their housing costs. On 1 January 2023, the housing benefit plus reform was implemented and led to the most …
Programme: General Departmental Research
Status: Completed
Project duration:
August 2021 – September 2023
Climate protection requires a significant emission reduction in all sectors. This also includes the building sector, which missed its climate protection targets in 2020. Climate protection measures change housing costs: modernisation can result in higher rents, while …
Programme: General Departmental Research
Status: Completed
Project duration:
November 2021 – November 2023
The Territorial Agenda 2030 (TA2030) is a political framework agreement of the European states on the key objectives of spatial development in Europe. Under the German EU Council Presidency, the ministers responsible for spatial planning adopted this document on 1 …
Programme: MORO
Status: Completed
Project duration:
July 2020 – November 2023
The project developed cross-border structures and integrated planning processes in four pilot projects. These offer solutions for spatial challenges that arise in one or more of the five fields of action of the Common Future Vision 2030 (CFV 2030).
Programme: MORO
Status: Completed
Project duration:
October 2020 – December 2023
In preparation of the 2024 spatial planning report on Concept 4, “Shaping climate change and the transformation of the energy system”, the scientific final report summarises the analytical results of the preparatory study. The focus was on the question how the concept …
Programme: MORO
Status: Completed
Project duration:
December 2021 – October 2023
Transparency of land ownership serves as a crucial basis for sustainable land policy. However, data availability, data quality and transparency are often deficient. The project therefore examines the causes and consequences of the divergent levels of data availability …
Programme: General Departmental Research
Status: Ongoing
Started:
Since October 2023
The focus of the competition “Menschen und Erfolge 2022” (People and Success 2022) was “New for each other in the centre” and sought to award projects that have successfully contributed to the strengthening inner cities or village centres. A total of 161 entries were …
Programme: Nationale Stadtentwicklungspolitik
Status: Completed
Project duration:
December 2021 – May 2023
Germany chaired the Cooperation of Spatial Planning Ministries in the Baltic Sea Region (VASAB – Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea) from January 2022 to June 2023. This period included the revision of the “Long-term perspective” (VASAB Vision 2040) and a …
Programme: MORO
Status: Completed
Project duration:
February 2022 – June 2023
Since the beginning of 2020, the Corona crisis has affected cities and regions. To contain the spread of the virus, restrictions on economic and social activities were considered as an important measure. However, many people rely on public spaces and facilities in the …
Programme: General Departmental Research
Status: Completed
Project duration:
November 2020 – July 2023
The so-called construction backlog (German: Bauüberhang), i.e. approved but not yet completed dwellings, has increased in recent years. The research project examined structures and changes in the construction backlog and analysed reasons for this. The results serve as a …
Programme: General Departmental Research
Status: Completed
Project duration:
November 2020 – December 2022
