Roundup: German housing crisis worsens amid building permits slump
BERLIN, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of residential building permits fell by 17.0 percent year-on-year in April, indicating Germany's housing crisis continues to worsen, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Tuesday.
Continuing its downward trend in recent years, only 17,600 units were granted building permits in April, according to Destatis. This marks a sharp decline of 43.5 percent compared to t