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
Affordable rental flats in inner-city residential areas are hard to find in many large cities. Therefore, various cities employ urban planning instruments such as social preservation statutes, prohibitions on the misuse of residential space, or restrictions on the …
Programme: ExWoSt
Status: Completed
Project duration:
January 2022 – January 2024
The study examines the architectural historical and urban relevance of department stores for inner city centres. The focus is primarily on their architectural and cultural qualities. On the one hand, it looks at the historical development of department stores in Germany …
Programme: ExWoSt
Status: Completed
Project duration:
April 2022 – December 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
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 coal phase-out will result in comprehensive changes in the spatial structure and planning for the municipalities, districts and regions that are characterised by the mining industry. This requires dynamic adaption, while available instruments are more static. The …
Programme: Measures to strengthen the cole regions
Status: Completed
Project duration:
December 2022 – 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
Programme: General Departmental Research
Status: Completed
Project duration:
February 2021 – August 2022
Inner-city gap sites, waste land or other under-used land offer great potential for housing construction, which is desperately needed in many towns, cities and municipalities. However, this land is often left unused. The development order under Section 176 BauGB can …
Programme: ExWoSt
Status: Completed
Project duration:
January 2020 – December 2021
Programme: General Departmental Research
Status: Completed
Project duration:
October 2020 – August 2022
