Living - Munich city council approves rent freeze
To protect against price increases for housing, the city of Munich continues to rely on a rent freeze at the municipal housing associations. The city council majority voted in favor of continuing the instrument in around 70,000 apartments, announced Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) on Wednesday after the planning committee meeting. "I would like to see many landlords follow this example."
This affects apartments owned by Gewofag and GWG München, which will merge to form Münchner Wohnen in January. According to Reiter, rents there will remain frozen at an average of 7.92 euros per square meter for privately financed apartments and 6.45 euros for publicly subsidized apartments.
According to the planning department, the tenant structure of the apartments will be evaluated by the end of 2026. In addition, they want to make legally sound proposals to differentiate rent increases according to household income. The city council will then decide again whether to continue the rent freeze. According to the SPD parliamentary group, many care workers, nursery school teachers, street cleaners and refuse collectors live in the city's apartments.
The Munich Tenants' Association welcomed the decision, but also sees the federal government as having a duty. A nationwide rent freeze would require a regulation at federal level, as called for by the rent freeze campaign, the association wrote. "The FDP urgently needs to move on tenant protection."
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- The SPD parliamentary group in Munich emphasizes the importance of rent control, as many essential workers such as care workers, nursery school teachers, street cleaners, and refuse collectors reside in the city's apartments.
- In Upper Bavaria, a growing debate about rental prices has emerged, with some advocating for municipalities to follow Munich's lead and implement rent freezes in their own housing associations.
- Dieter Reiter, the SPD mayor of Munich, has called on private landlords to consider a rent freeze, expressing hope that they will be inspired by the city's actions and adopt similar policies in their own properties.
- The rental market in Bavaria will be closely watched by the SPD, as they continue to push for fair rental prices and housing affordability in light of recent price increase trends across the state.
Source: www.stern.de
