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Sozial-ökologische Wohnungsfragen in und für die Postwachstumsstadt

Abstract

In this article, the housing crisis is located in the context of socio-ecological multiple crises, which are caused in particular by societal growth orientation and imperatives. From the perspective of post-growth policies, it is worth referring to the perspective of strong sustainability: housing markets are ultimately embedded in social (re)production processes, which in turn are only made possible by the fragile "house of the earth". After elaborating the social and ecological dimensions of current housing issues, the article formulates three concrete points of leverage that have received little attention so far: A moratorium on new constructions of buildings to reduce the use of new land, the limitation of individual consumption of living space as well as a displacement-neutral increase in the rate of energy-efficient renovations. Finally, it examines the logic of housing policy actors and multiple strategies.