Create housing through infill and lower building standards
The BIW wants new housing built mainly on already developed land within the cities while preserving green spaces as far as possible. Lower building standards are meant to make affordable housing more attractive for private investors.
The BIW wants more homes in Bremen and Bremerhaven. Building should happen mostly where there are already buildings. New high-rises are possible too. Building rules should be simpler. Then building costs less. Green spaces in the city should stay.
The plan includes filling vacant lots, adding floors to and extending buildings, and converting commercial properties into homes. Cleared sites should get multi-story blocks and also high-rises, accompanied by neighborhood management. Bremen is to push in the Bundesrat for lower building standards. Single people in large apartments, especially seniors, should get financial incentives to move voluntarily into smaller ones so families have room. The BIW also wants to scrap road improvement charges for property owners in Bremerhaven without replacement.
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„Der Wohnungsbestand in Bremen und Bremerhaven ist vorrangig durch die effiziente Nutzung bereits erschlossener innerstädtischer Flächen zu erweitern.“Translation: The housing stock in Bremen and Bremerhaven is to be expanded primarily through the efficient use of already developed inner-city land.
Placement
- Economyleaning more market
Lower building requirements and the removal of property-owner charges reduce regulation and levies to encourage private investment.