March 2023

Care: Nursing home residents should check eligibility for housing subsidies

In addition to people in need of care who are cared for at home, nursing home residents can also apply for housing subsidies. This is pointed out by the NRW consumer center. Many people are not aware of this. If nursing home residents wish to apply for housing allowance, however, they must observe special regulations. For example, the housing allowance claim is not based on the individual rent amount, but on...

Study: Fewer and fewer Germans can afford home ownership

More about the "New Challenges for Home Ownership" was found out by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW Köln) on behalf of Deutsche Reihenhaus AG. One of the findings of the study was that fewer and fewer Germans can afford home ownership. Whereas a couple with a net income of 3,730 euros (median income household) was able to afford...

Science: Researchers develop optimized medium manganese steels

A new design strategy for processing medium manganese steel with improved properties has now been developed by a research team, mainly from China's Northeastern University and the Düsseldorf-based Max Planck Institute for Iron Research (MPIE). In its development, the research team has taken into account that steels must now not only be sustainable, strong and formable, but...

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