Casdorffs Agenda : Detention in the rental price brake

Housing is a human right to housing at affordable prices is one of the most important requirements of a policy. And politics is supposed to be for the people. Which brings us to the rental price brake. Which was introduced in June 2015. In the case of new lettings, the landlord may not require more than ten percent above the local comparative rent. Federal Minister of justice Katarina Barley (SPD) wants to extend the next year, expiring at the end of regulation. May be their effect is small – two to four per cent, he is after all. It's better than nothing.

Nevertheless it is so: average earners can hardly afford to rent a new apartment. Eating too much of the net income that more than 27 percent. The rental price brake is also nationwide.

It needs to be improved: exceptions from the law underline, penalties for violations, to introduce. And in order to improve the Situation in the cities, is more new, and more social housing is needed. For this, municipalities should come easier to land.

In the spring of the judiciary will submit to the Minister a draft of the rental price brake. Then it will show whether your policy the claim is to be there for people.

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