Overview

• The Bündnis 'Wir wollen wohnen!' announced actions in more than 20 North Rhine-Westphalian cities in the coming days ahead of local elections.
• Union leaders cite data showing big-city rents in NRW have climbed about 20 percent since 2021, pushing many average earners to the limit.
• The Mieterbund warns the social housing stock has fallen to roughly 420,000 units, with around 40 percent expected to lose rent-price binding by 2030.
• Welfare organizations report about 122,000 people were officially recorded as homeless in 2024 in NRW, up 12.5 percent year on year, and urge binding municipal quotas and services.
• The state government highlights public housing support totaling €10.5 billion through 2027 and expanded tenant protections, while opposition figures and advocates call the response insufficient.