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Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - The industrial union Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG BAU) has complained about a blatant lack of age-appropriate living space.
By 2030, at least four million such apartments should be available in Germany, said union leader Robert Feiger on Monday in Frankfurt.
At the moment there are only just under one million senior-friendly apartments with a rapidly growing population in the corresponding age group “65plus”.
This will number around 24 million people by 2035.
Feiger expects that only a small part of the additional demand can be covered by new buildings.
"A large part of the necessary senior housing will have to be created by converting existing housing," he said.
Against this background, the IG BAU criticized the fact that a corresponding funding program of the state KfW Bank should not be greatly expanded, but should even be reduced.
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In the first nine months, around 74,000 residential units were funded from the 150 million euro program.
“But that's no more than a drop in the ocean.
We need a significant financial increase in the coming years, ”said Feiger.
The reduction of the program to 130 million euros envisaged in the previous budget planning of the federal government would be a “fatal signal” in view of the “gray housing shortage”.
The IG-BAU boss also suggested a voluntary commitment by the housing company to convert at least every fifth apartment that became vacant in an age-appropriate manner.
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