Indigenous model - is this still legal?

Google "Bodenbevorratungspolitik Ulm."

This has existed there for 125 years already. Why doesn’t it work in Ulm and 50 km further north?

Of course, not everything is perfect with this solution either, but it is a start!

In my city, a school building was demolished and the site was divided into eight building plots. First, the four on one side were "released," namely through a bidding process. However, there are four individual single-family houses on them. The other four followed later because they were located on the former access road, and that was not an official road, meaning it first had to acquire that status. Therefore, one year later: three of the four plots were again acquired through a bidding process by a local developer (with a questionable reputation and who has repeatedly risen from bankruptcy under a new name - the kind where you absolutely need your own expert to supervise) and built with identical semi-detached houses. On the fourth plot stands an exceptionally stately single-family house, where the entire garden, outdoor facilities, garage... were completed in one go, meaning there seems to be serious money behind it. The semi-detached house can now be purchased, with exactly the necessary buffer strip as a plot (the rest is built over), for 400k€.

Why doesn't it work in Ulm and 50km further north?

Is it really that bad to find something in the HDH area?

I am looking in the Schwäbisch Gmünd area. This morning I learned the price for a building plot in a suburb - 300€ per square meter. I was almost shocked. Unfortunately, that is not possible for me.

: I find exactly this approach just as terrible. The municipality artificially keeps the supply scarce so that the prices for the highest bidders soar and the municipality can earn a lot from it.

I simply think that the municipalities/cities/the state have the task of providing affordable land for all citizens and not just for the rich. There belongs a waiting list system (possibly with points), so everyone has a chance in new residential areas. You just have to wait, but eventually everyone gets a turn.

The municipalities are speculating too, and I find that unacceptable! If the municipalities sold their plots cheaply and in sufficient quantity, there would be no opportunity for speculators because everyone could buy from the municipality.

Earlier I looked at a plot of land in a small community for €174 per sqm. That was a nuisance! Extremely steep slope and right behind a large nursery. No wonder it is still available... We will not buy it.

I simply think that the municipalities/cities/the state have the task of providing affordable land—and that for all citizens, not just for the rich. There should be a waiting list system (possibly with points), so everyone has a chance in new residential areas. You just have to wait, but eventually everyone gets their turn.

Sorry to say this, but both statements are nonsense. We are not in the former GDR where you had to wait 17 years for a Trabant until it was your turn or where the state was allowed to provide housing for the citizens. What is affordable housing anyway? If private land prices in the area are around €500, the municipality is allowed to sell for €300-400, right?