The Bremen line for a group that buys an existing building and refurbishes it into bound, affordable rental housing. Förderungsstelle BAB; same WoFG base and same rationed WRP process as the new-build line.
- Applicant: owner of more than two units that are currently free of Belegungs- und Mietbindung; again no restriction on Rechtsform.
- Loan: interest-free for the whole 20-year Zweckbindung, up to 80 % of investment cost and at most €150,000 per unit.
- Kostenzuschuss by energy standard reached (per unit): EH 85 €25,000, EH 70 €27,500, EH 55 €32,500, EH 40 €35,000; in the Erneuerbare-Energien-Klasse €30,000 / €32,500 / €37,500 / €40,000.
- Gates: building at least 25 years old; post-refurbishment standard at least KfW-Effizienzhaus 85; Eigenleistung ≥15 % of modernisation cost, of which 10 % echtes Eigenkapital; rent capped at €6.80/m² net cold — including for sitting tenants; Zweckbestimmung 20 years; 20 % of units should go to people threatened with homelessness.
- Fossil-fuel boilers are no longer fundable (EU Directive 2024/1275, from 2025-04-01) and are stripped out of eligible cost.
- Apply before Baubeginn: register the project with Referat 23, then BAB runs the technical, economic and credit check.
Related
- bremen-wohnraumfoerderung — the frame and the rationing
- bremen-neubaufoerderung-mietwohnraum — the new-build sibling
- bremen-bindungsankauf — binding stock without a refurbishment
- bremen-bab-rund-ums-haus — smaller, unbound owner loans
- eg-cooperative — a Mietergenossenschaft buying its own building is the classic case
- syndikat-haus-gmbh — the Syndikat acquisition model fits this line
- kfw-261 — federal Effizienzhaus loan, combinable
- bafa-beg-em — single-measure grants
- belegungsbindung — the 20-year Bindung
Detail
- Eligible cost is a DIN 276 Kostenschätzung over Kostengruppen 300–800; Instandsetzung not caused by the modernisation can count.
- Rent increases justified by modernisation are allowed on top; the permitted rent tracks the Kappungsgrenze during the Zweckbestimmung.
- Bonitätsprüfung by BAB is part of admission, so a young group entity with no balance sheet should expect to show equity and a guarantor.