Overview

• The CDU-led coalition is fast-tracking plans for a binding 2026 referendum on developing Tempelhofer Feld to address Berlin’s housing shortfall.
• Green leader Werner Graf calls the proposal an “Ablenkungsmanöver” that masks execution failures at Schumacherquartier, Molkenmarkt and Köpenick.
• Greens warn that any new housing on the Feld would incur high construction costs and yield rents of €25–30 per square meter.
• Graf emphasizes the Feld’s vital role in urban cooling, biodiversity and public recreation.
• A 2014 Volksentscheid prohibits construction on the former airfield and Greens insist the ban must be upheld.