Energy crisis exacerbates Germany's housing problem

BERLIN, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The authorities in Germany issued 3 percent fewer housing permits in the first eight months of 2022 than in the same period last year, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Tuesday.

Housing and construction have already been in a "perfect storm since the beginning of the year at the latest," a spokesperson of the Federal Association of German Housing and Real Estate Compan