Soil is sealed with every new building and land for nature is thus used up. The German government now wants to more than halve land consumption over the next few years. Nicola Brockmüller from the Schleswig-Holstein Nature Conservation Foundation explains on DLF that this is also a good way of cooling the earth's climate and preventing flooding.
On the costs of modernisation measures for tenants
In November 2016, the Working Group on Tenancy Law in the RAV published the brochure "Price Driver Modernization" was published. It describes in detail the problematic effects of modernisation measures on tenants. In addition, the authors criticise the legal situation and call for fundamental new regulations under tenancy law.
An official delegation of the COP23 visits the student dormitory "42!" not far from Bonn University during the UN Climate Conference in Bonn. The house in passive house standard in wood hybrid construction offers its residents energy-efficient and at the same time ecological living space. This includes a photovoltaic system, rainwater harvesting for flushing toilets and a building automation system that also sends mails to the students.
Although www.siedlungen.eu is self-explanatory in the German-speaking world, it is somewhat unwieldy in normal language usage. For this reason, the abbreviation "sdg21" has also been used since February 2017. It is formed from the acronym for "sustainable development goals", and the number stands for the 21st century. The Sustainable Development Goals 2030 were adopted by all the countries of the world at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in New York in September 2015. In order to achieve the SDG 2030 targets, the projects listed are intended to provide solutions. The website is now available via the domains www.siedlungen.eu , www.sdg21.eu and www.sdg21.de,www.sdg21.ch and www.sdg21.at reachable.
At the district and city association spring meeting of the DGB district of Lower Saxony - Bremen - Saxony-Anhalt in Hustedt, the volunteers together with DGB President Reiner Hoffmann (4th from right) stand behind the campaign banner. Photo: Syrius GmbH/DGB
25.03.2019 - The German Trade Union Confederation is today launching a nationwide week of action on the subject of housing. Under the motto "Affordable is half the rent", more than 200 actions and events will take place throughout Germany. The action week is the nationwide public launch of the DGB dialogue on the future.
The DGB Chairman Reiner Hoffmann declares at the start of the action week:
"We want to talk to local people and find out from them: What problems do they face in finding housing, rents and service charges. An ever greater proportion of income is eaten up by rents and many people can no longer afford a flat near their place of work. Workers' interests do not end at the factory gate. Affordable housing is the new social issue of our time."
Stefan Körzell in an interview with tagesschau24:
DGB Executive Board Member Stefan Körzell said in Berlin on Monday:
"Rising rents are a problem for more and more workers. They are also the result of decades of failed housing policy. The market failure in the housing sector is obvious - now politics must intervene strongly and steadily. At least 400,000 new and affordable homes are needed each year, including 100,000 social housing units. The federal and state governments must jointly provide seven billion euros annually for this purpose. The money the federal government has so far earmarked for social housing construction is not even enough to maintain the existing stock. In addition, politicians should take more decisive action against land speculation, for example by obliging owners to build on their land within the framework of building law."
Background:
With the DGB Future Dialogue, the DGB and its member unions are launching a broad social dialogue. We are asking people, collecting their answers and using them to develop impulses for fairer policies in Germany. The action week from 25 to 29 March is the nationwide public launch of the DGB dialogue on the future. Hundreds of other events will follow throughout Germany in the coming years. The debate on the dialogue on the future is taking place online at www.redenwirueber.de - there you will also find all further information.
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