Overview

• Senator Ute Bonde said the draft bill is currently with Senate departments for comment and aims for a vote before the summer recess.
• Allotment gardens on state-owned land could only be converted for housing meeting broad public needs or for social and transport infrastructure under the proposed rules.
• Any redevelopment would require a green light from the Abgeordnetenhaus and the creation of replacement sites for displaced gardeners.
• The measure would secure 870 garden sites covering about 2,900 hectares, equivalent to roughly 3% of Berlin’s total area.
• Plots on non-state land, such as those owned by Deutsche Bahn, would not fall under the new legislation’s protections.