On 12.05.2025, about 120 participants from society, politics, business and administration met to discuss the current trends and challenges in the area of housing in the Dresden region.

Lord Mayor Dirk Hilbert welcomed the participants.

Dr. Jan Glatter from the City of Dresden, Office for Urban Development and Mobility, Urban Development Planning Department, introduced the topic and presented the current trends and developments on the housing market in Dresden and the Dresden region.

The focus of the event was the presentation of the housing potential analysis in the Dresden region by the company KEM - Kommunalentwicklung Mitteldeutschland as contractor of the Dresden Experience Region.

Mr. Fabian Böttcher from CIMA - Institut für Regionalwirtschaft, Hanover, presented the main contents of the study on labour and skilled workers and population development commissioned in May 2025 to the participants.

The event ended with short contributions from the IHK Dresden (Ms. Manuela Gogsch) and Silicon Saxony e. V. (Mr. Frank Bösenberg) as well as a panel discussion with the speakers.

Dr. Ralf Müller, Mayor of the City of Dohna and spokesman for the Dresden Experience Region, concluded by summarizing the key results of the event and providing an outlook on future challenges, including for the planned inter-municipal cooperation in the Dresden region.

Here you can find some presentations to download in german:

Presentation by Mayor Thomas Schubert (City of Coswig): Challenges and opportunities of current developments from the perspective of the City of Coswig and surrounding communities

Presentation by Dr. Jan Glatter (State Capital Dresden): Dresden housing market region

Presentation by Mr. Fabian Böttcher (CIMA, Hanover): Presentation of the planned studies on labor and skilled workers as well as population development

Presentation by Ms. Manuela Gogsch (IHK Dresden): IHK's assessment of current developments in the northern Dresden area and their impact on SMEs in the region

Presentation by Mr. Frank Bösenberg (Silicon Saxony e.V., Dresden): Requirements of chip companies for cities and municipalities, especially in the areas of housing and transportation

 

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