KSG Hannover GmbH

KSG Hannover GmbH is a municipal housing company (kommunales Wohnungsunternehmen) based in Hannover, Germany, that rents and builds affordable homes across the Hannover region. Founded on 30 March 1949 as the Gemeinnützige Kreis-Wohnungs- und Siedlungsgesellschaft für den Landkreis Hannover, it was created in the early post-war years to house the many refugees and displaced persons who could not find accommodation in and around Hannover. The company was known until 2013 as KSG Kreissiedlungsgesellschaft Hannover mbH, when it adopted its current name. Today KSG Hannover owns and manages roughly 8,300 apartments spread across 21 cities and municipalities in the Region Hannover, from Ahlem to Wennigsen. Its average net cold rent stood at €6.87 per square metre as of 30 June 2026, reflecting its stated mission of supplying "solid and low-cost" housing rather than maximising rental income and returns. As a municipal landlord, the company describes its business model as oriented toward social responsibility, urban development, lively neighbourhoods and community engagement rather than high yields. Beyond letting, KSG acts as a developer and builder of new housing. It is active in new-build projects such as Kronsrode and Kronsberg-Süd, where one of its new buildings was nominated for the Deutscher Bauherrenpreis 2026. The company also runs modernisation programmes in its existing stock, works with architects and project developers on innovative housing concepts, and organises community activities including children's construction sites and neighbourhood events. It supports local sport and community life, with sponsorship including Hannover 96 (football), TSV Hannover Burgdorf (handball) and Hannover United (wheelchair basketball). KSG Hannover presents itself as a landlord, builder and partner in the Region Hannover, offering a 24-hour emergency service and personal service teams for tenants. Its portfolio serves people of all ages and life situations, and its communications emphasise tenant stories, neighbourhood cohesion and efforts against loneliness in the direct living environment. The company remains a fixed institution in the region and continues to expand and modernise its housing stock.

KSG Hannover GmbH was founded on 30 March 1949 under the name Gemeinnützige Kreis-Wohnungs- und Siedlungsgesellschaft für den Landkreis Hannover. Its creation responded to the severe housing shortage in the early post-war period, when thousands of refugees and displaced persons could not find accommodation in and around Hannover. Among those affected was Paul Wenig, later mayor of Ronnenberg, who had been expelled from Silesia with his family and was housed in the Empelde refugee camp in 1946; as a youth he had publicly criticised the "poor construction methods of the Kreissiedlungsgesellschaft" at municipal council meetings, and his family was only allocated a building plot in Empelde in 1955. Over the following decades the company established itself as a fixed institution in the Region Hannover, providing housing for young and old in many life situations. It operated as KSG Kreissiedlungsgesellschaft Hannover mbH until 2013, when it changed its name to KSG Hannover GmbH. By the end of 2019 it was still able to offer an average net cold rent of €5.83 per square metre to people seeking housing. In the 2000s the company was involved in regional planning and documentation, including the 2007 development study "Entwicklungsstudie Empelde Süd" prepared by Brigitta Graichen-Meißner, and was profiled in a 2004 illustrated volume on the Region Hannover. As of the mid-2020s KSG Hannover manages roughly 8,300 apartments in 21 cities and municipalities of the Region Hannover, with an average net cold rent of €6.87 per square metre as of 30 June 2026. It continues to build new housing, modernise its stock and support community life, with recent projects including Kronsrode and Kronsberg-Süd, where a new building was nominated for the Deutscher Bauherrenpreis 2026.

• 2026

  Average net cold rent of €6.87 per square metre as of 30 June 2026.

• 2026

  New-build on Baufeld 2 in Kronsberg-Süd nominated for Deutscher Bauherrenpreis 2026.

• 2019

  Average net cold rent of €5.83 per square metre at the end of 2019.

• 2013

  Renamed from KSG Kreissiedlungsgesellschaft Hannover mbH to KSG Hannover GmbH.

• 2007

  Development study "Entwicklungsstudie Empelde Süd" prepared by Brigitta Graichen-Meißner.

• 2004

  Profiled in a 2004 illustrated volume on the Region Hannover.

• 1949

  Founded as Gemeinnützige Kreis-Wohnungs- und Siedlungsgesellschaft für den Landkreis Hannover.

Municipal housing company focused on affordable, solid housing and social responsibility rather than high rents and returns.

• Rental apartments

  Approximately 8,300 apartments across 21 cities and municipalities in the Region Hannover.

• New-build housing

  Projects such as Kronsrode and Kronsberg-Süd.

• Modernised housing stock

  Modernisation of existing apartments in cooperation with tenants and service partners.

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