Efforts to relax the rental housing market through political guidelines have failed.

In spite of everything, rents in the big cities have reached a level that seemed unimaginable just a few years ago.

Because more and more households have reached their limit, the potential for growth is now manageable.

A large real estate portal even reports a slight decline in some large cities: rents in Frankfurt also stopped rising, reports the online portal “Immowelt” and relates to the apartments advertised there.

However, rents are leveling off at a high level.

According to “Immowelt”, the average rent for which an apartment is advertised in Frankfurt is currently 11.60 euros per square meter.

Within ten years, rents in the Main metropolis have risen by 54 percent.

This is mainly due to the lack of supply: there is hardly any building land left, the housing market is undersupplied.

Many investors avoid Frankfurt

But instead of increasing the willingness to invest, politics chokes them off.

The Günthersburghöfe building area close to the center was cashed in.

The building land decision is now so unattractive that many investors steer clear of Frankfurt.

The environmental protection makes renovations difficult.

Added to this are the increased construction and material costs: According to a survey by the Haus & Grund association, many owners shy away from renovating or expanding their houses because of these framework conditions.

The energy consumption of the existing buildings urgently needs to be reduced.

In terms of climate protection, one must above all invest in existing buildings - new buildings are not the problem.

The building sector has recently missed the savings targets.

If you want to achieve this, the pace of renovation must be accelerated.

The owners' association has made a sensible suggestion: In order not to burden the tenants even more, the modernization costs should not be passed on to the rent.

However, politicians would then have to set investment incentives through generous funding programs.

So far, however, the state has acted far too stingy.