The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) has studied the living situations of people in socially disadvantaged urban neighborhoods, following the Federal Ministry's "Socially Integrative City" urban development program launched in 1999. The BBSR analysis "Who Lives in Socially Integrative City Areas?" presents how the living situation of people in Socially Integrative City areas compares to other urban neighborhoods in major cities. This year, funding amounting to 200 million euros will flow into projects for socially disadvantaged urban areas.
The aim of the program is to eliminate urban development and social problems and to stabilize and upgrade socially disadvantaged neighborhoods on an ongoing basis. Only by improving the quality of life and the diversity of uses in the Socially Integrative City areas can the neighborhoods be upgraded and the community strengthened. For the analysis, 56 large cities were examined, among other things, with regard to population structure, employment and unemployment, and the receipt of transfer payments. The results show that the proportion of poor and unemployed people in the subsidized urban areas is above average.
With the funding program "Social Cohesion - Shaping Neighborhood Life Together," which will be expanded in 2020, and the program "Interdepartmental Strategy Social City - Strengthening Neighborhoods, Living Together in Neighborhoods," which has been in place since 2016, urban development funding is also committed to integration and improving the living conditions of all population groups. The full analysis can be downloaded from the BBSR website.
Source: BBSR
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