Saxony: Climate-friendly living is difficult due to unrenovated stock

Dresden (dpa/sn) - Climate-friendly living is becoming a major challenge for Saxony's apartment owners.

Saxony: Climate-friendly living is difficult due to unrenovated stock

Dresden (dpa/sn) - Climate-friendly living is becoming a major challenge for Saxony's apartment owners. This emerges from the housing construction monitoring published on Thursday by the Saxon Development Bank (SAB).

Accordingly, the Free State not only has the oldest housing stock in Germany. A large number of apartments were renovated or built before the Third Thermal Insulation Ordinance came into force in 1995. The bank announced that the adaptation of these properties to the current future requirements for climate-friendly living represents a major challenge for the owners in this decade.

In times of global warming, every property, every building and thus every owner should make a contribution, explained the head of the study for the SAB housing construction monitoring, Ullrich Rosteck. "The effect of extensive unsealing with local seepage, green roofs and facades as well as water surfaces and trees must move into general awareness in addition to building energy efficiency." Therefore, when designing funding programs, it is advisable to set additional incentives for private urban climate-friendly measures.

In addition, according to the SAB, the trend towards growing vacancies has intensified, especially in the rural regions of Saxony. The situation in the metropolitan areas of Dresden and Leipzig is very different, with high demand for living space due to migration gains and excess births.

In 2020 there were around 9,500 new apartments nationwide, more than 20 years ago. The main driver of this development was the new building in the two largest Saxon cities of Leipzig and Dresden. Currently, however, the development of construction prices and financing costs is slowing down this trend again.