#Wohnungsbau

Germany’s Housing Crisis: Why the EU’s Economic Engine Can’t Build Homes

Germany built just 251,900 apartments in 2024, its worst housing output in a decade. While rents soar and families squeeze into shrinking apartments, the construction industry is paralyzed by municipal sabotage, bureaucratic madness, and a political system that rewards inertia. Here’s why the Bauwesen is broken.