ABSTRACT
The First World War had caused a significant reduction in housing construction and although the authorities of the Weimar Republic tried hard to make up the shortage they were hampered, during the Republic's early years. The political dimension of housing construction is discussed, it is necessary to, examine the most pressing problems in the late 1940s that is miners' housing and the role the Kreditanstalt played in it. The political potential of this group became visible after the first Bundestag election in 1949 when the demagogic 'Wirtschaftliche Wiederaufbau Vereinigung', due to a large share of refugee votes gained 12 seats in Bavaria. As part of the work creation scheme the federal government had pledged DM 250 million for a special programme for housing construction. An active public housing and building policy had been practised in Germany since the beginning of the Weimar Republic. The Federal Republic's building boom during the 1950s surpassed all similar previous booms in Germany by far.
