KfW BEG funding stopped 261, 262, 263, 264, 461, 463, 464

we are affected by this: the energy consultant (who of course wants to be paid for his work one way or another) only sent out his report including the ID late in the afternoon on 24.1. In the evening we could no longer submit the application because the KfW portal was acting up (the last option application 55 could no longer be selected - maybe on purpose?) and on 25.1. nothing worked anymore...

What do you think? Are we a hardship case?
Are there others who are in the same situation? We did not properly "submit" the application, but the confirmation from the energy consultant with the ID number was still processed through the KfW system on 24.1.

I would appreciate your opinions or assessments!

We are exactly the same.

As much as I wanted to read from yesterday’s news that the application would be briefly enabled again: I assume that the train has left the station for our case (KfW55, confirmation for the application (BZA) ID is available, no application submitted yet).

In addition, it turned out for us that the confirmation for the application (BZA) ID from the construction company had been available for weeks. It was simply forgotten to send it to us. The construction company rejects any responsibility because we could have asked about it afterward. The frustration about this is currently very high.

Quote from the current article in Die Zeit:

"According to the current status, those home builders who wanted to submit applications after the funding stop and before the end of the month will initially come up empty-handed. However, the federal government is negotiating programs that are supposed to replace the previous subsidies."

Unfortunately, the last sentence is quite empty in content. My current status: no one knows anything for sure, with a tendency toward "forget it."

Where can one get a legally binding statement on when I am allowed/required to apply and when no longer...

According to telephone information from KFW, I can currently apply as long as one has not started the construction project... I could basically apply until one day before the excavator rolls in (yes, then it must automatically be decided)...

Others here in the thread have said I can only apply until I have signed a contract with the general contractor...

So what now? We want to start in Q1/23 and would like to sign promptly so that there are no further price increases...

No one knows that currently. How things will proceed for everyone now will be discussed for months by Habeck and Co.... You currently cannot submit anything or change anything about it. That will be the case until there is something new on the topic of [Förderung].

Where can one get a legally binding statement on when I am allowed/required to apply and when no longer...

Which program? For new construction, there is currently no program, so no deadline either. And regarding the "before the excavator rolls," that was the old KfW until mid-2021. The now discontinued funding had project start = contract signing, and it is not ruled out that the condition will return. If you sign now, then calculate without the funding.

Others here in the thread have said I can only apply until I have signed a contract with the main contractor... What now? We want to start in Q1/23 and would like to sign promptly so that there are no further price increases...

That is stated in the contract. But since there is currently no new funding, everything is open. I see new funding programs from Q2 for the draft, and from Q3 until approved by politics and the funds are released.

Question to the others here:

According to information given by phone by the KFW, I can currently apply for something as long as you have not started with the construction project...

Wouldn't that also be wrong because the excavator is only allowed to start moving once the KfW has approved the application?