The "Social Housing" alliance is calling on the federal and state governments to launch a joint "social housing offensive". A special fund of 50 billion euros must be made available by the state for social housing by 2025 in order to achieve the target of 400,000 social housing units by the end of the legislative period. Only 20,000 social housing units were built in 2022.
The alliance is also calling for a reduction in VAT from 19% to 7% for social housing. In addition, funding applications for the construction of social housing should be processed more quickly, namely within four weeks. According to the alliance, a drama is currently unfolding on the social housing market. More than 11 million tenants in Germany are entitled to social housing.
The alliance's demands are based on information from the housing study conducted by the Pestel Institute in Hanover and the ARGE in Kiel. The study was commissioned by the "Social Housing" alliance, which includes the German Tenants' Association, Caritas Behindertenhilfe und Psychiatrie, the Construction, Agriculture and Environment Trade Union (IG BAU) and other alliance partners.
Source and further information: mieterbund.de
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