DGB and tenant association want 100,000 new social housing annually

The German Trade Union Federation and the German Tenant Association have called on the Union and the SPD to give priority to the issue of housing in the coalition negotiations and to build 100,000 new social housing annually. “The issue of housing must be placed at the top of the political agenda,” says an open letter to the negotiating leaders, which the newspapers of the “Editorial Network Germany” (Thursday edition) report on. “As part of the…

According to a study, those moving to Hamburg pay 63 percent more rent than existing tenants. The Hamburg Tenants' Association is therefore calling for the introduction of a rent cap. "If only, if only," is the thought of all those who moved to Hamburg in the past two years and now pay around €15 per square meter in monthly rent. If the Hamburg Senate had enacted a rent cap two years ago, they would be paying significantly less today, according …

The German Trade Union Confederation and the German Tenants' Confederation have called on the Union and the SPD to give priority to housing during the coalition negotiations. "The topic of housing must be put at the top of the political agenda," says an open letter to the negotiating leaders, which is exclusively available to the editorial network Germany (RND). "We demand determined measures for a social and just housing policy within the frame…