NEW HOUSING BUSINESS DAY: A programme specifically for mini-house investors

Where can I find plots of land? How do I find the right manufacturers? Which type of house is the right one? And how is it all financed? Anyone who wants to invest in mini houses has many questions to answer. This is often time-consuming and not infrequently nerve-wracking.

The Business Day powered by Fabian Müller at NEW HOUSING on 26 June 2026 at the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre provides a remedy. This will take place in parallel with and in addition to the Tiny House Festival (Friday to Sunday, 26 to 28 June).

Target groups: investors, tourism, local authorities

Business Day is aimed at three groups in particular. Investors such as project developers and housing associations gain early market access to high-yield residential concepts, the opportunity to exchange ideas with project partners and start-ups, and the best insight into trends, key figures and funding opportunities. Tourism providers such as campsites and leisure parks will learn about new accommodation concepts for adventure and nature tourism, gain inspiration from practical examples of successful providers, and discover innovation potential for sustainable tourism. Last but not least, representatives of local authorities will receive solutions to the housing shortage and for sustainable land use, as well as best practices from other cities and regions. Furthermore, they will have excellent contact with providers and an exchange on an equal footing.

‘There is an enormous need for information’

"In the course of planning the next event and during our numerous discussions with players from the housing and tourism industries, it has become clear that more and more investors would like to include tiny houses in their portfolios. For campsite operators, mini houses offer a great opportunity to significantly improve the quality of their own offerings. And with the so-called ‘Bauturbo’ (construction turbo) passed in October 2025, local authorities now have the opportunity to easily and comparatively uncomplicatedly approve tiny houses and actively design modular housing estates, infill developments and redensification with mini houses," says NEW-HOUSING project manager Florian Klag, continuing: ‘So there is interest in tiny houses and a huge need for information. We are addressing this with our Business Day. We are bringing together experts in mini houses and investors and decision-makers from local authorities.’

Schedule

The Business Day begins on Friday, 26 June, at 9:30 a.m. on the conference level of the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre. Admission is from 9 a.m. Participants have free access to the VIP car park. After the keynote speech by Fabian Müller, founder of vilcomo and expert in networking investors and local authorities, participants can decide which deep dives they want to attend. There are options available for local authorities, investors and the tourism sector.

We have secured some high-calibre speakers.

In the morning,

• Martin Riedißer, Managing Director of LBBW Immobilien, responsible for municipal strategies for land activation and vacant lot activation (local authority pillar),
• Michael Schlittenhelm, Iglu Camping Allgäu/Lake Constance, tiny house developer and operator on a leased camping site (Investors pillar)
• and Tanja Preuss, Tiny Houses for rent, tiny house projects for farmers, campsite operators and landowners (Tourism pillar).

At lunchtime,

• Fabian Müller, vilcomo, Tiny Wohnpark Heidelberg and Tiny Baulücke Singen (municipalities pillar),
• Marco Klein, Waldbund, Invest in Tiny House Resorts and Tiny House Developments on Land (investors pillar)
• and Max Couch, AlpAmi, From Development to Houses to Fully Digital Operation (tourism pillar).

After the deep dives, participants will have the opportunity to take a self-guided tour of NEW HOUSING. There they will find more than 80 exhibitors from all areas of the mini-house world. In addition to exhibitors offering accessories, sanitary facilities, financial products and more, there will be more than 30 different tiny houses, modular houses and similar structures on display. To avoid long waiting times at the houses, the BUSINESS DAY ticket entitles you to use the Fastline. This avoids queuing at the entrance doors. The self-guided tour is the ideal way to visit the exhibitors that are important for your particular project.

Limited number of participants

The tour will be followed by a final get-together, again on the congress level of the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre. There, participants will have the opportunity to ask any final questions.

Tickets for the Business Day can be purchased via the NEW HOUSING ticket shop. The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 150.