Germany: Potential of 235,000 “ex-office apartments”
Scientists identified the possibility of creating 235,000 new apartments in Germany by converting vacant offices into affordable flats.
Scientists identified the possibility of creating 235,000 new apartments in Germany by converting vacant offices into affordable flats.
The EU parliament has adopted a report that calls for decent housing to be a fundamental right and for measures to prevent homelessness.
In OECD and non-OECD EU countries, social rental housing represents more than 28 million dwellings and, on average, around 6% of the total housing stock. This OECD-report underlines the importance of this sector for social welfare policy and affordable housing provision.
In the second quarter of 2020, marked by COVID-19 containment measures in most Member States, house prices, rose by 5.2% in the EU compared with the same quarter of the previous year.