Overview
- The Hagen‑Pakt was signed on Wednesday and designates Hagen a Sonderfördergebiet with roughly €80–100 million from state, federal and NRW.BANK sources to run a ten‑year renewal programme.
- Planned interventions include demolishing about 600 low‑quality units, modernizing roughly 1,000 further flats and adapting local infrastructure to address an estimated 3,200‑unit housing overhang.
- For the first time in NRW, representatives of the Landespolizei and Bundespolizei will be formally involved in creating a städtebaulich integrierte Sicherheitskonzeption to tackle real and perceived insecurity.
- The pact pairs hard measures with social supports: it funds a Europacenter to help newly arrived EU migrants access advice and work, and it funds simple urban‑design fixes and cultural façade projects to improve safety and image.
- Key details remain to be decided in the planning phase, including precise funding disbursement, Deutsche Bahn’s role in the Bahnhofsquartier, the security concept’s measures and the timetable for tranches and demolitions.