According to all parliamentary groups in the state parliament, Saxony needs more housing construction. The parliamentarians were also largely in agreement during a debate on the demand for less bureaucracy for new construction. However, the extent of the problem was assessed differently. While the Left Party denounced usurious rents, Regina Kraushaar (CDU), the regional development minister responsible for housing, put the extent of the problem into perspective.
Affordable housing not a social issue for most Saxons
"Affordable housing is not a social issue for most Saxons at the moment," Kraushaar disagreed. A good third of households live in property. 40 percent of tenant households live in municipal or cooperative apartments with mostly socially oriented rents. In a ranking of the rent levels of all 400 or so German districts and independent cities, the last eight places were all occupied by districts in Saxony.
Leftists want better support for housing
The debate was requested by the Left Party. They want to boost social housing construction by taking rising construction prices and interest rates into account in the funding. This would also be an economic stimulus program for the construction industry, said Nagel. Subsidized housing should no longer be lost to the free market. We need to talk about how to build more cheaply without sacrificing the necessary standards,
CDU sees high construction prices as a brake on new construction
Only an intensification of housing construction will solve the problem and reduce rents, emphasized CDU MP Ingo Flemming. The high construction costs had led to a slowdown in new construction. The aim is to reduce high standards and review the consequences of norms. "Above all, we are committed to improving the framework conditions for housing construction."
