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In 2024, the state will provide the cities and municipalities in Baden-Württemberg with around 235 million euros for 302 urban renewal measures. The funded measures are expected to create over 25,000 apartments.
This year, the Ministry of Regional Development and Housing is making a total of almost 235 million euros available to cities and municipalities in Baden-Württemberg for urban renewal measures.
“ Urban development funding is our strongest horse in the stable. With this program we help our communities to use potential, realize ideas and create beautiful things. It is a really big lever for successful change on site: buildings are modernized, public spaces are upgraded and urgently needed living space is created. A total of around 25,400 apartments are to be built as part of the funded measures in 2024, around 2,200 of which will be in the newly added redevelopment areas,” said Nicole Razavi , Minister for State Development and Housing of Baden-Württemberg.
A total of 302 urban renewal measures in 274 cities and municipalities in the country will be funded this year, including 51 new measures and 251 redevelopment areas, for which additional funds will be approved.
“Urban development funding has had a decisive influence on the image of our cities and communities over the past decades. We can be proud of that together.”
Minister Nicole Razavi
The program is very popular and has been oversubscribed several times over this year. The range of supported measures is broad: important focuses include the creation of living space, commercial space development, climate protection , development of public spaces, local supply. The funding amount for the measures taken into account amounts to a total of 234.79 million euros - around 76.4 million of which comes from the federal government.
Funded measures
Program list for urban renewal 2023, sorted by urban and rural districts.
Total amount: 234,790,000 euros in funding
Alb-Donau district
Baden-Baden, city district
Biberach, district
Böblingen, district
Lake Constance district
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, district
Calw, district
Emmendingen, district
Enzkreis
Esslingen, district
Freiburg, city district
Freudenstadt, district
Göppingen, district
Heidelberg, city district
Heidenheim, district
Heilbronn, district
Heilbronn, city district
Hohenlohe district
Karlsruhe, district
Karlsruhe, city district
Constance, district
Lörrach, district
Ludwigsburg, district
Main-Tauber district
Mannheim, city district
Neckar-Odenwald district
Ortenaukreis
Ostalbkreis
Pforzheim, city district
Rastatt, district
Ravensburg, district
Rems-Murr circle
Reutlingen, district
Rhine-Neckar district
Rottweil, district
Schwäbisch Hall, district
Schwarzwald-Baar district
Sigmaringen, district
Stuttgart, city district
Tübingen, district
Tuttlingen, district
Ulm, city district
Waldshut, district
Zollernalbkreis
Housing creation as a central aspect
An attractive and affordable living environment is a basic need. The urban development funding helps municipalities modernize existing apartments, bring them up to date in terms of energy efficiency and ensure accessibility. The conversion of vacant commercial units into residential space is also eligible for funding. Historically valuable buildings should be preserved as far as possible. Brownfield sites of all kinds are also being made usable and revitalized again. “By leveraging the potential of internal development for housing construction, we can preserve valuable outdoor space and at the same time revitalize our town centers and city centers,” explained Minister Razavi. “With urban development funding, we have an excellent instrument for this.”
According to current status, around 2,200 new apartments are to be built and around 1,900 apartments are to be modernized in the newly included redevelopment areas over the next few years. In addition, around 23,200 new apartments can be built and around 10,500 apartments can be modernized in the renovation areas for which additional funds have been approved over the duration of the overall measure.
In Heidelberg alone , around 1,740 new residential units are currently being built as part of the conversion of a former US military area in the urban renewal area “Konversion Südstadt” . The city of Wangen im Allgäu will also gain 419 new residential units through reorganizations in the “Erba Auwiesen-Argensiedlung” redevelopment area. In the “Illenau-Kaserne” redevelopment area in the city of Achern, 245 new residential units are being built and in Offenburg in the “Südstadt” redevelopment area , 206 residential units can be made available to the population through new construction and modernization.
Sustainable commercial space
Another focus of urban development funding is the reorganization and reactivation of commercial areas. As part of the future urban renewal measure “Industrial Area East” in the municipality of Illingen, the industrial and commercial area is intended to become more attractive through the restructuring and conversion of buildings. This is intended to enable future-oriented developments and strengthen the business location.
In the new “IBA project area” in the city of Fellbach, the commercial area is to be networked with the adjacent agricultural areas by, in particular, redesigning and rearranging the street space as a coherent green belt. This creates transitions that are intended to have a positive influence on the urban climate.
