Saxony’s social new-build line for rent-and-occupancy-bound flats (FRL gebundener Mietwohnraum, Fassung gültig ab 01.01.2024). A grant, not a loan.

  • Amount: up to 45 % of the projected Angebotsmiete (net cold) in the year of Bezugsfertigkeit, computed over the bound period and per m², for households under the § 1 SächsEinkGrenzVO limits; 35 % on the 2. Förderweg (§ 2 SächsEinkGrenzVO).
  • Bindung: Belegungsrechte per § 26 WoFG for 15–20 years, secured as a beschränkte persönliche Dienstbarkeit ranking ahead of the bank’s Grundschuld. See belegungsbindung. Rent = projected Angebotsmiete minus the subsidy per m².
  • What: Neubau; Modernisierung/Nutzungsänderung/Erweiterung at ≥ €600/m² Bauaufwand; Wohnraumanpassung; Ersterwerb of unoccupied new stock within 2 years of completion.
  • Applicant (two-stage): the Gemeinde is Erstempfänger; the owner of the flat is Letztempfänger and applies to the city, not to SAB. Any owner form qualifies — eG, e.V., GmbH/gGmbH, Stiftung, a Baugemeinschaft holding the building. No Rechtsanspruch.
  • Where: only Dresden and Leipzig today; SMR reviews the Gebietskulisse yearly.
  • Cohousing hook: Ziffer IV Nr. 2 lets the Gemeinde, “bei Maßnahmen in gemeinschaftlicher Bau- und Wohnweise”, waive the Wohnflächen caps, convert part of the per-flat area into shared common space and fund the extra cost, as an experimental approach under § 12 Abs. 2 Nr. 4 WoFG. Residents may be charged a monthly Entgelt for it.
  • Combinability: de-minimis / DAWI rules apply; stacking with KfW is normal practice.

Wohnflächen caps without that waiver: 45/60/75/85 m² for 1–4 persons, +10 m² per further person; wheelchair flats may exceed. Application deadline for the city is 30 November of the preceding year; the city sets the owners’ deadline.