Future of living: This is how we shape the new trends together!

Future of living: This is how we shape the new trends together!

There are important topics on the agenda in Wörth am Main. OnOctober 10, 2025around3:00 p.mThe meeting of the Committee for Youth, Social Affairs and Family will take place, which will focus on an excursion on the exciting topic of “Housing of the future – designing together, learning from each other”. The city of Wörth announced this on its official website. Further details about the event can be found in the published PDF file, which has not yet been accessed.

The discussion about sustainable living is closely linked to the work of the Committee for Housing, Urban Development, Construction and Municipalities in the Bundestag, which is currently receiving particularly high attention. Many challenges in the construction and housing sector are discussed here, while gaps open up between the needs of urban areas and rural communities. While cities urgently need new, affordable housing, other regions are struggling with declining populations and vacancies. The activation of new building land and targeted densification are discussed there as a solution. The committee is discussing, among other things, instruments to support home ownership, such as building savings subsidies and building child benefits. These measures are also intended to help strengthen the financial resources of municipalities and improve disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Living in old age – an important topic

The need to provide age-appropriate housing is no coincidence, as society is aging. The housing industry is faced with the challenge of developing affordable and suitable housing options for the growing number of older people. A study carried out in collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin has shown that many housing companies do not develop sufficient strategies for this because demand is too high in many markets. This results in less attention being paid to this segment, which urgently misses the challenges of the older population.

Incentives to develop concrete strategies arise primarily in markets with less demand, where the older target group becomes more relevant. It is therefore important to raise awareness among tenants about living in old age and to develop targeted marketing measures. Surprisingly, data protection and the provisions of non-discriminatory rentals are often barriers to addressing this target group.

In addition to the already mentioned challenges of finding housing for seniors, the study also identifies eleven areas of action for housing companies that could sustainably improve the situation. Collaborations such as round tables can act as an incentive to find solutions that better meet the needs of older people and organize social offerings in the neighborhood.

The upcoming meeting in Wörth could not only provide impetus for the local housing concept, but also trigger important considerations about how society and politics respond to the challenges of housing in the future. The ongoing debate within the committees at various levels, which are constantly working to improve the quality of life for all generations, revolves more around these questions.