Bad Kissingen urges housing offensive: faster and cheaper!

Bad Kissingen urges housing offensive: faster and cheaper!

In Bad Kissingen there is a lot going on, because the IG Bau Mainfranken demands a quick “housing building turbo” for the district. This was announced by the chairman Michael Groha and thus underlined the urgency of an “upswing” that is necessary in both Bad Kissingen and all over Bavaria. An increasing need for social housing and affordable living space must be covered quickly, because living is a basic need.

In order to counter this challenge, a new building is necessary, also in view of the 249 new apartments that were created in the district in 2022. Of these, 151 accounted for one and two-family houses. The building costs for 2024 amount to around 72.5 million euros. Groha is of the opinion that a new building offensive and the renovation of existing objects, especially for senior citizens-friendly living, can be eliminated. The figures cited by Groha come from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), and he sees the potential to reduce construction costs by up to a third.

reducing bureaucracy

According to Groha, the solutions lie in the debureauine of the construction. Specifically, this means reducing excessive standards and establishing less demanding building regulations. Technology in particular is perceived as a cost trap; Fewer high-end products for heating, ventilation and sanitary facilities could help here. Savings on parking spaces for cars and the waiver of underground parking spaces are also on the list of optimizations.

These trends fit in the larger framework of the current political debate. Verena Hubertz, the Federal Minister of Living, Urban Development and Building, announced a corresponding “construction turbo” on May 15, 2025 to enable affordable living space for all social classes. "Living is the social question of our time," she emphasizes and demands more speed in the approval process. Creative approaches such as serial construction methods and the use of sustainable materials such as wood are in the foreground.

new opportunities for community living

Another aspect that must not be neglected in this context are community construction projects that promote social bonds and enable sustainable living. Such models, such as building cooperatives, actively integrate the residents into the construction process and are based on their needs. In this way, not only ecological but also social sustainability criteria is taken into account. Nevertheless, this approach has its challenges, such as the higher initial investments and the risk of gentrification that can displace former residents.

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