Shortlist for Hamburg

See the state-owned housing companies

Fördern & Wohnen

F&W allocates most of its flats only to people with a certificate of urgency (Dringlichkeitsschein), through the housing emergency offices.

Wichern Baugesellschaft

There is no waiting list and no request for a flat. You only get in touch about a listing that is shown.

Robert Vogel

ERICH THOR Wohnungsunternehmen

Applications and the search profile go through Immomio, and the earlier mailing lists were discontinued.

FEWA Immobilienverwaltung

FEWA does not arrange flats by form, phone call or visit. Subsidised flats need a WBS (Wohnberechtigungsschein).

Kock-Siedlung

You bring the completed application form to the viewing or send it by email.

NORDELBE Grundstücksgesellschaft

Viewings are only arranged through the contact form at the listing, not by phone.

Sahle Wohnen

Sahle Wohnen lets some of its flats only to people with a WBS (Wohnberechtigungsschein).

Schaum Wohnungsunternehmen

You make your enquiry through Immowelt, and according to Schaum not every enquiry can be considered because of high demand.

See the property managers

Nord-IMMO

Your request is valid for 2 weeks to 12 months, and you choose the duration yourself.

HANSA Baugenossenschaft

Members have priority. In 12 areas such as St. Pauli and Winterhude, HANSA cannot currently provide housing for applicants.

altoba

As a non-member you can currently only submit a request for a flat in Lurup, Niendorf, Osdorf, Schnelsen and Steilshoop.

Hanseatische Baugenossenschaft Hamburg

For some of the flats you need a §5 certificate (§5-Schein).

Baugenossenschaft Dennerstraße-Selbsthilfe

You become a member at the latest when you rent a flat. You create a request for a flat on Immomio, and the bds gives no information on the waiting time.

Baugenossenschaft Hamburger Wohnen

Members have priority. Some flats are only for people with a §5 certificate (§5-Schein), which you need for subsidised flats.

KAIFU-NORDLAND

Members have priority. There is no general waiting list.

FLUWOG-NORDMARK

Members have priority when flats are given out. As a non-member you only join when you rent a flat.

Wohnungsgenossenschaft von 1904

As a non-member, your request is valid for 6 months at most. For service flats and sought-after areas, it currently takes no requests from non-members.

Wohnungsgenossenschaft Hamburg-Wandsbek von 1897

You become a member with the flat. A request goes only through the applicant questionnaire.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Gartenstadt Wandsbek

There is no waiting list, and the cooperative only takes requests from members.

Eisenbahnbauverein Harburg

Flats that become free go to members first, and as a non-member you get in touch through the search request on Immomio.

mgf Gartenstadt Farmsen

Applications go only through Immomio, and the mgf keeps no waiting lists.

Hamburg-Rahlstedter Baugenossenschaft

You become a member only when you sign the permanent tenancy agreement (Dauernutzungsvertrag).

Gartenstadt Hamburg

Members have priority. For the estate houses in Berne there is a separate waiting list for members.

Hamburger Lehrer-Baugenossenschaft

Members who give up a flat to move into a new one get priority when flats are given out.

Baugenossenschaft der Buchdrucker

You become a member with the rental contract. If you find no listing, you sign up in the portal for prospective tenants.

Bauverein Reiherstieg

The cooperative currently takes new members only together with a flat.

Baugenossenschaft KOLPING

The cooperative offers its flats to its members, and by its own account vacant flats are usually let quickly.

Wohngemeinschaft Pädagogischer Verein

The cooperative currently takes no new members from outside.

Bau- und Wohngenossenschaft Brachvogel

All flats are publicly subsidised and tied to income limits, and there is no waiting list.

Baugenossenschaft Bergedorf-Bille

Members have priority. Vacant flats are only rarely offered publicly.

Baugenossenschaft dhu

Flats go to members first, and only flats that members have not asked for are offered publicly. There is no waiting list for non-members.

Baugenossenschaft Finkenwärder-Hoffnung

The cooperative gives members priority for its flats. The search profile and applications go through Immomio.

Baugenossenschaft freier Gewerkschafter

Members have priority. The cooperative takes new members only together with a flat.

Baugenossenschaft Fuhlsbüttel

Offers go to members first. There is no waiting list.

Bauverein der Elbgemeinden

You can apply without being a member, and the registration of non-members is deleted after 6 months.

Mietergenossenschaft Falkenried-Terrassen

The flats are only for people with a §5 certificate (§5-Schein). You can only apply on paper, while the listing is on display for about 12 days.

Schiffszimmerer

As a non-member you sign up in the search database for 6 months, and the way in is mostly at estates away from the centre. Members have priority.

Vereinigte Hamburger Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft

Members have priority.

Walddörfer Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft

You only become a member once you have the flat. Applications go only through Immomio.

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Süderelbe

You become a member when you rent a flat.

Wohnungsverein Hamburg von 1902

Dogs are not allowed. There is a waiting list for Winterhude and Eimsbüttel, and according to the cooperative the chances are low.

Carl-Malsch-Haus

For students aged 18 to 28. The rooms are on shared floors or in shared flats.

Wiking Haus

Catholic student hall run by an association, with 11 rooms. The ground floor is also used by a student fraternity.

Christophorus-Haus

Private hall run by an association, independent of the Studierendenwerk. Up to 27, doctoral students up to 28, priority for social need.

Gustav-Radbruch-Haus

Some apartments for 2 go first to married couples and single parents with a child, one in the front building to female students who are single parents.

Kiwittsmoor

Well suited to single parents with a child, and there are apartments for 2 for female students who are single parents.

Amalie-Dietrich-Haus

Überseekolleg

For students aged 18 to 28. Half of the residents come from Germany and half from abroad.

Bugenhagen-Konvikt

Protestant hall, open to all subjects and religions. Students are admitted up to the age of 27.

Die Burse

Harburger Häuser

Allermöhe

Hagenbeckstraße

Unnastraße

There is a long list of applicants because of the good location.

Ottersbekallee

There is a longer list of applicants because of the good location and the small number of rooms.

Armgartstraße

Only for female students and female apprentices. Students of the neighbouring HAW department Gestaltung, Design, Medien und Information have preference.

Harburg

Grindelallee

There is a longer list of applicants because of the central location.

Margaretha-Rothe-Haus

House A is being renovated at the moment, and House B has been occupied again since spring 2025.

Rahlstedt

Also expressly for apprentices.

Triftstraße

5 places in a 2-room and 3-room apartment are suited to people with disabilities.

Berliner Tor

6 places in 2-room apartments are suited to people with disabilities.

Europa- und Georgi-Haus

There are single apartments for double use by couples and large apartments for 2 for families with children.

Lokstedt

Esther-Bejarano-Haus

Students of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater have priority.

Rudolf-Laun-Haus

Bornstraße

For female students with a child, and according to the admission rules also for students and apprentices with children and their partners.

Sophie-Schoop-Haus

Also expressly for apprentices who are nearly or already of age.

Hammerbrook

Low-car housing: you agree not to use a motor vehicle.

Helmut-Schmidt-Studierendenhaus

HafenCity

Hermann-Ehlers-Haus

For students and apprentices, and according to the registration form also for voluntary service (FSJ/ÖSJ) and pupils.

Hedwig Klein Haus

Publicly subsidised and only for students and apprentices enrolled at a university or vocational school in Hamburg.

Gabriel Riesser Haus

Also for pupils, apprentices, interns and doctoral students. An application is not a booking, and felixx student gets in touch when an apartment is free.

Hamburg Express

For students. A parent must join the rental contract as a co-debtor (Schuldbeitritt) and prove their income.

Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy Haus

Also for pupils, apprentices, interns and doctoral students. An application is not a booking, and felixx student gets in touch when an apartment is free.

Herbert Weichmann Haus

Also for pupils, apprentices, interns and doctoral students. An application is not a booking, and felixx student gets in touch when an apartment is free.

Ebba Simon Haus

Also for pupils, apprentices, interns and doctoral students. An application is not a booking, and felixx student gets in touch when an apartment is free.

STUART Student Apartments Ottensen

For students and apprentices, with proof, and according to the home page also for interns. If nothing is free, you go on the waiting list.

STUART Student Apartments Wandsbek

For students and apprentices, with proof, and according to the home page also for interns. If nothing is free, you go on the waiting list.

THE FIZZ Hamburg Hammerbrook

For students, apprentices and interns, with proof. If nothing is free, there is a waiting list.

THE FIZZ Hamburg Altona

For students, apprentices and interns, with proof. If nothing is free, there is a waiting list.

Emil-Wolff-Haus

The house is being replaced by a new building, and you cannot apply at the moment. The page will say later when you can apply for the new building.

Haus Bauhütte

House of a charitable foundation. Students of architecture, civil engineering and geomatics are preferred, admission up to the age of 28.

Wohnheim für Studierende des DRK

Long waiting times because of high demand. The hall does not usually admit students over 35.