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

But now as a serious question. What should the ministry have done? Just continued like this and in the end everyone from the opposition to the Federal Audit Office would have demanded a crucifixion for waste and gifts to the Green clientele of Bullerbü homeowners.

Good question. What has more negative consequences for the minister/the government? I think meeting the deadline of 31.01.22 and later (with good arguments) standing by it would have been better than now offending so many builders and their environment, destroying their plans, etc. But it may be that this approach pays off politically; as a non-politician I cannot assess it. Furthermore, I do not assume that new homeowners are associated with the green clientele; single-family home construction is too [environmentally harmful], I admit that, especially since Green politicians have already revealed themselves as "not fond of new home construction."

“At the beginning of the week, Climate Minister Robert Habeck abruptly stopped funding for energy-efficient buildings. Some applicants are still supposed to get money.” from an article on ZEIT about it

"Some" sounds to me like the arbitrariness that has been partly criticized by my predecessors.

You can see very clearly in this thread how nonspecific these subsidies were:

[*]Is it about climate protection? Then the leverage is greater in existing buildings, and for new buildings, embodied energy should be considered.
[*]Is it about affordable single-family homes for young families or low-income earners? Then other criteria, depreciation, etc. are needed.
[*]Is it about creating living space? There are certainly better building types for that than single-family homes.
[*]Is it about affordable housing for many? Then cooperatives and the like should be promoted.

Over the years, a kind of customary law has developed here which has been misused by the government as needed to polish construction statistics (secondary apartments), as a climate pacifier, as a social benefit, and above all as economic promotion. I have nothing against the four aforementioned concerns – but these should then also be clearly distinguished from each other and managed (and funded if necessary).

So that I am not misunderstood: of course I wish all those affected that this is resolved in their favor and I keep my fingers crossed for that.

bold thesis considering the prices in Munich and Frankfurt. Or do you want to refer to the comparison with London &Co?

Not a bold thesis. Comes from a study at the end of 2020: "Then the average German household can afford about four square meters of owner-occupied housing with its annual net income. This is the fifth best value in the EU, exceeded only by Denmark (7.2 sqm), Belgium (7.8 sqm), Luxembourg (7.9 sqm), and Cyprus (9.7 sqm) – all countries whose owner-occupancy rates are below the EU average." That is of course the average. Completely clear. But it shows a trend.

In case anyone is interested: In "D.. Z..." there are three articles, right at the top, the first one, on the topic, of which only one is behind a paywall so far. In this medium, the comments are often more helpful and instructive than the articles themselves. Pretty minister-friendly (of course), but still interesting. And naturally, the previous government is to blame. ;-)

"For the approximately 20,000 applicants for funding under Efficiency House 55, that no longer matters. Their house construction will no longer be supported with taxpayer money." Bitter.

One article also writes something about the timeline: "But until the end of last week, applications with a volume of 20 billion euros reached his office – that is 13 billion euros over the plan. The applications arrived 'washtub-loads' in January at the responsible Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), according to the ministry. The bank alerted the minister at the end of last week – on Monday, he imposed a stop."

Then my phone must be creating a nasty filter bubble for me. When I scroll through the news, I probably get shown 5 articles on it. Even in the somewhat less personal bubble of the FAZ, I believe there was an article on it every day. Sure, other topics are bigger, but I do believe there is a certain public awareness and politics want to make something right. Geywitz also immediately tried to say that something will come back.

For me, there is actually relatively little. :-) But KfW 55 would have expired anyway next week (Wasn't there something about some banks having already closed the gates earlier?) If one is to believe the numbers circulating here, the number of renovators with subsidy applications (many do not use them at all because they can provide less EL then) as well as the KfW 40 ones was extremely manageable. What I want to say is that the number of those affected is simply very small. The storm will soon pass. And if the storm is already there and everyone expects the downfall, I would take advantage of the opportunity and turn the thing upside down.