Project duration: April 2026 – November 2026

Rental flat swapping is a welcome tool for the efficient use of land, through which ‘hidden housing reserves’ can be sustainably utilised.
Through a preliminary project (2025), INIM was able to produce a brief study for WWF Germany that quantifies the potential contribution of the rental flat exchange scheme to climate and resource protection in Germany.
Building on this, a follow-up project will collect and analyse the experiences of German housing companies with existing flat-swapping programmes.

The aim of the project is to derive recommendations for action, based on this practical knowledge, for adapting or optimising the flat-swapping scheme. To this end, a good practice analysis of existing flat-swapping programmes run by German housing companies will be carried out on the basis of research and interviews. The results will be summarised in a guide.