Development of sustainability requirements for public housing construction in Germany in the sense of a model effect of the federal government:

The scarcity of affordable housing in many German cities and agglomerations is currently one of the most pressing challenges facing politics. The challenge now is to create affordable and sustainable housing for all, because this is one of the main indicators of SDG. Sustainable Cities and Communities. On the basis of the Guideline for Sustainable Building, requirements for federally owned residential buildings are to be developed. In addition to the principles of modern and affordable housing, the objectives of the Climate Protection Plan 2050 and requirements of sustainability have been taken into account. As a result, proposals for the updating and optimization of existing regulations have been developed to ensure sustainable construction of public housing. The criteria already address large parts of the sustainability and climate protection goals. Some aspects such as biodiversity at the site or the consideration of neighbourhoods have been included. Subsequently, it was examined how these different systems could be brought together in an updated evaluation system for new housing construction. Newly added aspects such as biodiversity at the location or the consideration of neighbourhoods were included. The results will be discussed with the stakeholders in order to achieve a broad application. Furthermore, new support programmes for public housing are to be developed.

INTRODUCTION:

The scarcity of affordable housing in many German cities and agglomerations is currently one of the most pressing challenges facing politics and business. Since March 2018, the German government has initiated a number of measures to intensify housing construction and ensure affordable housing. In order to reduce the lack of affordable housing in many large German cities and conurbations, the German federal government has introduced a large number of measures since March 2018. The aim is to intensify housing construction and ensure the affordability of housing. These measures were coordinated with the federal states and municipalities and a housing offensive was launched to build 1.5 million new apartments.
Affordable housing for all is one of the main indicators of SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities. The new buildings will not only shape our cities for many years, they will also influence the environment and climate for decades to come. The challenge now is to develop affordable housing for broad sections of society and to implement it in a sustainable way that also meets future environmental and climate protection requirements. For many years, the Federal Government in Germany has made sustainability a basic principle of its policy and has played with its own buildings a model role in the field of sustainable building. The main instruments of implementation are the Guideline for Sustainable Building and the Assessment System for Sustainable Building (BNB) based on them, which have been made mandatory for federal construction. The principles and requirements set out in these guidelines are also to be applied to federal housing construction and federal support programmes in order to set an example. For its own construction measures, the federal government is pursuing a number of construction policy objectives which are to be reflected in the federal buildings.
 Functional justice
 Security
 Economic efficiency
 Quality
 The creative power of architecture
 Sustainable and energy-efficient building
 Use of innovative building materials, techniques and processes
 Protection of historical monuments
 Urban planning integration at the location
 Art on building

CONCLUSION:

In order to reduce the lack of affordable housing in many large German cities and conurbations, the aim is to promote housing construction that is affordable for broad sections of the population. The principles and requirements laid down in the national guideline on sustainable construction are to be applied to housing construction, taking into account economic and social framework conditions, in order to achieve the climate protection targets adopted by the Federal Government and thus make a significant contribution to sustainable cities and municipalities.

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