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Frankfurt starts work on inclusive housing project for elderly, refugees and disabled
Frankfurt has launched an inclusive housing project in cooperation with property development company KEG.
Under Lord Mayor of Frankfurt Peter Feldmann, the city stressed that the project will provide housing for people who face additional obstacles, including the elderly, people with disabilities and those with low income.
Elke Voitl, Head of the Department of Social Affairs, pointed out at the groundbreaking ceremony at the start of November that Frankfurt “can only be an inclusive city for everyone if we gradually remove obstacles to successful participation in all areas of life.”
Voitl, who sits on the KEG supervisory board, stressed that she is happy to see the project get off the ground. “Self-determined living should be a matter of course for everyone,” she concluded.
As part of the project, the company is to build 47 apartments and an underground car park, with Frankfurt authorities pointing out that some apartments will be built for the elderly, people with disabilities and refugees. Some apartments will be offered under public housing programmes.
KEG managing director Klaus-Peter Kemper noted that the project is “fully in line with the idea of inclusion” and added that people in different life situations will share common areas and live independently.
The apartments are to be constructed on a plot of roughly 3,200 square metres near the Bolongaro Palace. Besides KEG, partners in the project include Praunheim Workshops, a company that provides care for mentally disabled adults, and the German Multiple Sclerosis Society.
(Photo credit: Frankfurt am Mein)
