Federal level
There is no explicit reference to housing in the Basic Law (Grundgesetz, GG) beyond the protection of the inviolability of the home. All attempts to include housing as a fundamental right or state objective in the Basic Law (GG) have failed so far in Germany. Nevertheless, the constitution does provide for the protection of social human rights. This is because the guarantee of human dignity in conjunction with the principle of the welfare state gives politicians a mandate to regulate and shape policy.