Real estate industry criticizes amendments to the Building Code
Berlin. The real estate industry has sharply criticized the planned amendments to the Building Code. The Federal Association of Real Estate Companies (ZIA) warned on Friday of a “massive encroachment” on the rights of property owners. The draft law, which the Bundestag is scheduled to debate on Thursday, will make it more difficult and expensive to build new housing, ZIA President Andreas Mattner said.
The main criticism relates to the planned tightening of energy efficiency standards for new buildings. According to the draft law, new buildings from 2025 onward must be almost climate-neutral. This means that they must generate as much energy as they consume over the course of a year. ZIA considers this requirement to be unrealistic and unaffordable.
“The new energy efficiency standards will make it significantly more expensive to build new housing,” Mattner said. “This will lead to a reduction in the supply of affordable housing and make it even more difficult for people to find a home.”
The real estate industry is also critical of the planned expansion of the right of first refusal for municipalities. According to the draft law, municipalities will be able to claim a right of first refusal on all building land that is designated for residential development. This means that municipalities could prevent private investors from building on these plots of land.
ZIA considers this expansion of the right of first refusal to be an encroachment on the property rights of owners. “Municipalities should not be able to decide who is allowed to build on private land,” Mattner said. “This is a violation of the principle of property ownership.”
The real estate industry is calling on the Bundestag to reject the planned amendments to the Building Code. “The draft law will make it more difficult and expensive to build new housing,” Mattner said. “This will have negative consequences for the housing market and for people looking for a home.”
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