Housing In

Germany
Name:- Phalguni Mutha.
Roll No:- 14.
Housing in Germany
▪ As in most developed countries, there is a shortage
of housing in Germany.
▪ As in other countries, most people would like to
own their own home, but this is very expensive
and not affordable for most Germans.
▪ According to the Federal Statistics Office, there are
43 million apartments and homes in Germany and
in which the average living space is 92 m².
▪ Homeownership is lower in Germany than in most
other European countries, which can be largely
attributed to the greater security of tenure for
tenants.

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Die Wohnung (Apartment)

Mieter (der/die Mieter/in) mieten eine Wohnung in der Regel unmöbliert und können diese langfristig halten, manchmal auch von
Generation zu Generation weitergeben. Oft gibt es nur einen freistehenden Herd und einen Kühlschrank.

Bei der Wohnungssuche steht im Inserat oft «2ZKB». Das heißt Zwei Zimmer, Küche und Bad. Bei zwei Bs, also „2ZKBB“, hat die
Wohnung auch einen Balkon.

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Das Einfamilienhaus (Single family or detached home)
• People in the suburbs of
cities and large towns and in
villages often live in an
Einfamilienhaus which they
often own.
• Single-unit housing in the
countryside is not as common
as in many other countries,
with even farmers living in
villages.
• It definitely looks more
attractive and orderly, but
also in a time of global
warming and scarcity of
energy sources, this is the
optimal way to live.
• Most German towns have
signed up for alternative
sources of energy such as
wind, solar or biomass, and
some towns even have
communal hot water and
heating.
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Das ebenerdige Haus, Der Bungalow und Das Reihenhaus
Das ebenerdige Haus, der Bungalow (Bungalow,
single-story house)
This type of house was often constructed in the 1960’s, but
is less common now because of the cost of construction
sites. Sometimes small two-story houses are also called
bungalows, but ebenerdig means one story only.
Das Reihenhaus (terraced house)
This is a single-family house that forms a closed row with
other similarly designed houses. Workers housing near
factories, for instance in the Ruhr district, often took the
form of Reihenhäuser.
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DANKE!