DW details a staggering rise in homelessness amidst a worsening housing crunch:
Around 650,000 people in Germany are without a permanent home, according to figures released by the Federal Association for Assistance to Homeless People (BAGW) on Tuesday.
Migrants, of course, are a major component of this demographic:
Around 375,000 asylum seekers and refugees in temporary accommodation are included in the total number.
And what is the cause?
Why the increase? Not enough houses are being built, the BAGW argued, saying in the report that: "We need between 80,000 and 100,000 new council flats every year, and another 100,000 new affordable apartments." Germany is short of around two million houses, the report added.
This seems odd. The German birthrate isn't positive, meaning that the increase in population is likely due to migration. Albeit the report does mention a rural/urban divide:
Cities including Berlin, Frankfurt and Heidelberg suffer from a severe lack of housing, the German Economic Institute said earlier in July. Meanwhile many rural houses stand empty.
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