Indigenous model - is this still legal?

We also received a plot from a [einheimischenmodell]. I myself lived there as a child and with two children I was quite high on the list. Now I will soon have my kindergarten friend and a teammate from the A-Youth as neighbors. I find that really nice!

Conclusion: I can’t afford a plot of land at my workplace and I’m not allowed to apply in the countryside. I would very much like to integrate into a community, participate in club life, and have my primary residence there. I also bring children with me. The local resident model deliberately excludes me here, and I find that very unfortunate.

Unfortunately, this attitude is not the rule. In reality, newcomers often isolate themselves. I think it’s only fair that those who are already integrated or active locally get priority. It is extremely unfortunate for everyone if, for example, the volunteer fire brigade captain or the youth football coach have to move away due to lack of building plots, and then the withdrawn city dweller who doesn’t want to know anything about all this moves in.
Those who would like to do so unfortunately only have the option of buying from existing stock or a building plot from a private individual.

This is all too often the case. Our residential area was developed and sold by a subsidiary of the Volksbanken in SH. Thus, everyone got a chance. The result is that, in our short cul-de-sac, apart from us and our direct neighbors, there are only arrivals from Hamburg or German Southwest. Several houses are only used on weekends, are simply huge holiday apartments, and many plots of land remain undeveloped and are used solely for speculation. The next area has therefore been taken on by the city itself, which only grants the plots there with building obligations to locals. I can understand that. Karsten

I can understand you.

But what about the families who have to move for work reasons? I cannot buy a local property in my hometown because there is no work in my field there.
I like it here in BW and I have a great job. But my salary simply isn’t enough for the expensive properties on the outskirts of the city.

I have the feeling that only the cities don’t have a local resident model because the local families there don’t want/can’t afford these prices anyway. That’s why the rush to the smaller communities is so huge. In the cities, it’s more anonymous anyway, so they prefer to take the money from newcomers...

At the moment, I am looking at various communities. For example, I inform myself very carefully about the club offerings. Since I make music, a corresponding club would be great for me and also for my child. Are there sports programs, etc...?

Maybe such a rule would be something for newcomers: Get involved in the town, then you will be treated like a local when it comes to the properties, even if you haven’t found an apartment in our town... Then you would at least have a chance and could prove that you could become a worthy newcomer and a nice neighbor...

And I also don’t believe that all locals get involved in clubs, etc. There are also some who don’t do that.

The requirement for a primary residence might also have been an advantage in [Nordlys Baugebiet].

Some municipalities have also banned holiday apartments/houses in new construction or development. I think that's good. But as a result, existing properties have become more expensive.

You cannot force anyone to live in their property permanently, you can only prohibit changing rentals. That rules out commercial holiday apartments, but if the newly rich city dweller wants to treat themselves to a second home by the sea for the weekend, they can do that. Karsten