Rents in the Munich district are rising by up to 76.5 percent
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In Haar, new listings now cost 21.83 euros per square meter. The DGB is therefore calling for a six-year rent freeze.
District – The German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) has drawn attention to the tense situation on the housing market with nationwide days of action. The DGB Munich also took part in the campaign and is calling for a six-year rent freeze and further measures to combat rising housing costs. “Living should not be a luxury – but that is exactly what it is increasingly becoming in the Munich district,” said Munich DGB chairwoman Simone Burger in a press release. Rising rents, combined with inflation and higher costs of living, are putting many people under increasing pressure.
If this continues, more and more children who grow up here will no longer be able to afford an apartment here.
According to the DGB, the asking rents in numerous municipalities in the district have risen significantly over the past ten years. The increase was particularly strong in Haar. There, the average price per square meter for newly offered apartments increased from 12.37 euros in 2016 to 21.83 euros at the beginning of 2026 – an increase of 76.5 percent. In Ottobrunn, asking rents rose by 56.8 percent to an average of 19.05 euros per square meter in the same period. In other communities too, the asking rents are now at a high level. According to the data cited by the DGB, they are 21.69 euros in Grünwald, 20 euros in Oberschleißheim, 19.92 euros in Ismaning and 19.50 euros per square meter in Unterhaching.
“If this continues, more and more children who grow up here will no longer be able to afford an apartment here later,” warned Burger. In addition to a temporary rent freeze, the DGB is calling for a greater expansion of social and municipal housing, a new housing nonprofit with tax incentives for permanently low rents, a more consistent rent control and tougher action against rent usury. In addition, the union believes that the Free State must promote the construction of social housing more.
The figures given by the DGB are based on the empirica price database and refer to asking rents, i.e. to apartments that are currently being offered on the market. This sets them apart from the often lower existing rents.