Tens of thousands of social housing units could be lacking in Saxony by 2035. This is according to a study on social housing that was presented in Berlin this morning. The "Social Housing Monitor 2026", which was compiled by the Pestel Institute on behalf of the "Social Housing" alliance of associations, estimates that Saxony will need around 120,000 social housing units over the next nine years in order to achieve the minimum standard of 8.5 percent of all tenant households defined by the authors. According to the study, only Hamburg currently achieves this rate. In Saxony, it is one percent, one of the lowest figures in Germany.
According to the study, the Free State would have to increase its current social housing stock almost ninefold if the trend of recent years continues: The study shows around 13,800 social housing units for Saxony as of 2024; according to the calculations, around 120,000 will be needed by 2035. In recent years, an average of almost 1,400 social housing units have also disappeared from the market each year as social housing commitments expire.
