Despite ever-increasing living space per capita, many people are unable to find adequate housing. Growing living space and new construction are increasing the ecological pressure on the climate and the environment. At the same time, the housing shortage is offset by a large amount of underutilised space. Older people in the post-family phase in particular often live in homes that they perceive as too large and which can become a burden.
The circular living space utilisation project develops municipal strategies to make it easier to adapt living space to different stages of life in order to address social and ecological problems simultaneously. These approaches are being tested in practice at the Neuenhagen real-world laboratory near Berlin and made available for use by other municipalities.
- Duration:
- 4/1/25 - 3/31/30
- Responsible:
- Jonas Lage