SPD parliamentary group leader demands longer social binding of state-funded apartments in Berlin

Von NAG Redaktion

Berlin erlebt derzeit einen rasanten Rückgang an Sozialwohnungen. Der Berliner SPD-Fraktionschef Raed Saleh fordert deshalb, dass staatlich geförderte Wohnungen länger als bisher der Sozialbindung unterliegen und günstiger angeboten werden müssen. Aktuell werden mehr Wohnungen aus der Sozialbindung entlassen, als neue gebaut werden. Laut einer Anfrage der Linke-Bundestagsabgeordneten Caren Lay an die Bundesregierung gibt es derzeit 104.757 Sozialwohnungen in Berlin. Dies ist ein Rückgang von 4519 Wohnungen im Vergleich zum Vorjahr. Die Prognosen des Senats besagen, dass bis Ende 2025 der Bestand auf etwa 84.000 Wohnungen sinken wird. Um dem Wohnungsmangel entgegenzuwirken, plant der Berliner Senat, jährlich 5000 neue Sozialwohnungen zu …
Berlin is currently experiencing a rapid decline in social housing. The Berlin SPD parliamentary group leader Raed Saleh therefore demands that state-funded apartments have to be subject to social bonds for more than before and have to be offered more cheaply. More apartments from social binding are currently being released than new ones are being built. According to a request from the Left Bundestag member Caren Lay to the federal government, there are currently 104,757 social housing in Berlin. This is a decline of 4519 apartments compared to the previous year. The Senate's forecasts state that the inventory will decrease to around 84,000 apartments by the end of 2025. In order to counteract the lack of housing, the Berlin Senate plans to ... 5,000 new social housing annually ... (Symbolbild/MB)

Berlin is currently experiencing a rapid decline in social housing. The Berlin SPD parliamentary group leader Raed Saleh therefore demands that state-funded apartments have to be subject to social bonds for more than before and have to be offered more cheaply. More apartments from social binding are currently being released than new ones are being built. According to a request from the Left Bundestag member Caren Lay to the federal government, there are currently 104,757 social housing in Berlin. This is a decline of 4519 apartments compared to the previous year. The forecasts of the Senate state that the inventory will decrease to around 84,000 apartments by the end of 2025.

In order to counteract the lack of housing, the Berlin Senate plans to build 5,000 new social housing annually. CDU and SPD have recently adapted the funding conditions for social housing. The available funds were doubled to 1.5 billion euros per year and better funding conditions for construction companies were agreed. In addition, apartments for people with medium -sized incomes are also to be funded, with the rent to be 11.50 euros per square meter. However, a longer attachment period was not agreed.

The Berlin left is of the opinion that the Senate should rely more on the state -owned housing associations in social housing. Around 90 percent of all funding permits are currently going to these companies. According to the housing policy spokesman for the left-wing faction, Niklas Schenker, private companies withdraw in rows from construction projects. Schenker believes that the Senate should not hope to create more social housing by adjusting the funding conditions for private companies. Instead, the priority should be that only social housing is built by the state -owned companies or at least a much higher proportion than before.