The Tag der Wohnungswirtschaft is a one-day gathering organised by the GdW, the German Federal Association of Housing and Real Estate Companies. It brings together around 600 people from the housing sector, politics and academia in Berlin. The event is open to GdW members and non-members. 211
The 2026 programme focuses on how to secure affordable housing and which political conditions are needed to create more of it. It also considers how geopolitical developments, supply security and questions of internal and external security affect the housing sector, economic activity and life in residential communities. 28
Speakers include Verena Hubertz, Germany’s Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building, and GdW president Axel Gedaschko. Psychologist Ahmad Mansour and retired Lieutenant General Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart are scheduled to discuss the relationship between internal and external security. 28
The agenda includes the GdW board’s report, presentation of the NaWoh quality seal, a delegates’ assembly and the German Housing Industry Communication Award, as well as networking sessions. The day’s programme is followed by an evening event at the InterContinental Berlin. 8
The event is organised by the GdW, which represents housing companies across Germany and at European level. The available sources do not state when the event itself was first founded. 2