HOUSING IN GERMANY
The state of the housing market is extremely important for the development prospects of the country. First, the demand for new and reconstructed housing generates a wave of demand for construction services, machinery, materials, infrastructure-equipped areas spreading throughout the economy, and then to housing equipment, consumer electronics, furniture, roads and urban transport, cultural, domestic, children's, trading establishments. Secondly, regardless of whether there is intensive housing construction or not, residential facilities should be maintained in operational condition - clean, heat, repair, and this - the costs. Thirdly, this is the sphere of employment of a huge mass of low and medium-skill workers. Just among these qualifications there is the highest unemployment. Fourth, housing costs are an important part of the standard of living of the population. To pay for housing, citizens of developed countries spend at least ј of their income. As a result, housing policy is one of the most important components of state regulation of the country's economic and social life. The article is devoted to the state of the housing market in Germany - a country where the housing issue is probably more acute than in other countries of Western Europe.