Heidelberg’s support for Wohnprojekte and Baugruppen sits in its 10-Punkte-Programm Wohnen and is delivered by the Team Strategische Wohnentwicklung at Marktplatz 10, working with the hd_vernetzt network of existing projects.
- Land: where the city owns the site, allocation is by Konzeptverfahren; where it does not, the city can only help a group search. Groups must be on the city’s list to be considered, via the Kontaktformular für Wohnprojekte und Baugruppen. That registration is the load-bearing step.
- Money, stated plainly by the city: there is no separate financial subsidy for Wohnprojekte and Baugruppen. Groups use the ordinary city programmes for accessibility, environment and Wohnraumschaffung, the Landeswohnraumförderung, and periodic Förderaufrufe of the Wohnraumoffensive Baden-Württemberg such as Innovativ Wohnen. The Wohnbauförderung advises case by case and the Strategische Wohnentwicklung team helps with applications.
- Where the land is: the conversion sites. Campbell Barracks / Mark-Twain-Village, about 1,200 homes, 70 % offered as preiswerter Wohnraum; Patrick-Henry-Village, about 5,000 homes with half in the lower price segment.
Open questions (not facts): no reserved share of conversion land for Baugemeinschaften or Genossenschaften, no Konzeptverfahren criteria catalogue and no Heidelberg Erbbaurecht policy or Erbbauzins rate were published on heidelberg.de on 2026-09-10. The Dynamischer Masterplan PHV and the wohnungspolitisches Konzept are the documents to read next.
Related
- konzeptvergabe — the instrument
- erbbaurecht — not documented as Heidelberg practice; check before assuming
- gbr-baugemeinschaft — the form a Heidelberg Baugruppe starts in
- eg-cooperative — the form for a rental project
- soziale-wohnraumfoerderung — the framework behind the Landeswohnraumförderung
- tuebingen-baugemeinschaften — a Baden-Württemberg city with a written quota
- freiburg-baugruppen — the other Baden-Württemberg concept model