Social housing is rare in the Starnberg district.
Even in the face of 600 people with a residence permit, District Administrator Frey is calling for a new initiative.
District - The district administrator sounds the alarm: There is not enough living space for nurses, educators and similar professional groups, but also for recognized asylum seekers.
This is nothing new in itself.
What is new is that Stefan Frey wants to raise the debate about social housing to a political level.
That would be necessary insofar as the discussion always stops at the same point: the municipalities can no longer find suitable building sites, and above all, opinions differ on the design of new apartment blocks.
Because nobody in the rural district of Starnberg wants to go higher, what would be most sensible and cheapest.
And then there are the environmental aspects.
Social housing: District Administrator Frey applies for a housing program
“Social housing is burning on my nails,” said Frey in the association committee meeting of the association living yesterday and appealed to the mayor to join him in a political discussion. “We have to talk about space and standards with regard to the construction method.” He applied for a “Housing program 2026 within the framework of social housing subsidies” with the aim of building cost-effectively, possibly in modular construction.
However, this savings option in building only rarely works, as association manager Michael Vossen made clear.
“The modular construction can only lead to cost savings if the property is right.” It is cheaper to drive if you turn to the residential building density, that is, allow higher buildings, significantly reduce the parking space key and limit yourself to the statutory thermal insulation standards.
"We have high energetic standards that cost money," said the technical director of the association, Michael Robl: "My plea is: build higher."
Municipalities do not want high-rise buildings for fear of the townscape
The communities do not want that because they are afraid of the appearance of their localities.
In Aufkirchen, where the Verband Wohnen is planning 30 residential units, only two of the three buildings are three-story - only this compromise was possible in the Berger municipal council.
The even more pressing problem with social housing, however, is the space required.
They have to be as cheap as possible, otherwise the rental prices for 7.50 euros per square meter are no longer worthwhile.
Previously, these were areas of the municipalities that made them available for practically nothing in the form of heritable building rights, or from the association's own portfolio.
There are limits to the community space for social housing
Only: There are limits to the municipalities, as Berg's Mayor Rupert Steigenberger said.
“In Berg we come across landscape protection everywhere.” A big problem, as Steigenberger knows.
The district council has yet to remove the areas for the Aufkirchen project from the landscape protection area.
There are citizens in the Berg community who reject this.
Frey himself has just experienced the resistance at the clinic project in Seefeld.
“We have high standards in the district,” he stated.
"That wears down and costs valuable planning time."
"We will not be able to provide everyone with cheap living space"
Things are going very well in the Verband Wohnen: In addition to the 2,300 apartments currently under management, a further 337 apartments are to be added by 2026.
That was good, said Herrsching's Mayor Christian Schiller, but not enough.
“We have a mass problem: 600 people have a housing entitlement certificate for social housing.
It must be said clearly: We will not be able to provide everyone with cheap living space. "
Frey hopes to bring even more momentum to social housing.
The churches responded to his appeal in an open-minded manner, and the Free State was also interested.
The living association would be ready, as Robl assured.
He could handle additional projects.
The issuance of housing entitlement certificates is declining: in 2018 it was 818, in 2019 still 704 and 2020 still 601. By the end of May, 241 people had tried to get a certificate for cheaper housing this year.
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