Everyday housing issues. On privatisation, refurbishment and protest

rankfurt once stood for welfare-oriented building: in 2025, the city will celebrate the centenary of the New Frankfurt and in the post-war decades, social housing estates were built by the city. However, since the abolition of municipal housing in 1989, the housing market has been characterised by a decline in municipal housing construction and privatisation. The housing crisis has been worsening for decades, the demand for affordable rental flats is increasing, while publicly subsidised housing is steadily declining. At the same time, necessary refurbishments show that the housing issue is now both social and ecological, as environmental aspects and displacement processes can no longer be treated separately.

The exhibition at the city lab focuses on the past, present and future of the housing issue. It focusses on the voices of the residents and the social consequences.