Affordable Housing – A Home for All!
Dream of Own Home
Affordable housing for everyone. We make ownership accessible again. The dream of having one's own four walls should be attainable for every citizen! "VisionDeutschland" says: Enough with the soaring real estate prices and opaque rental contracts! We are creating a Germany where housing is affordable again and everyone finds a safe and beautiful home.
Lower taxes for ownership – enabling the dream of homeownership
Lower taxes
Lower property transfer tax: We significantly lower the property transfer tax to make acquiring residential property easier. This especially eases the burden for young families and first-time buyers and makes the dream of homeownership more affordable.
Reform property tax: We reform the property tax and ensure a fairer distribution of burdens. Owners of self-used residential property are relieved, while owners of undeveloped land and luxury properties are asked to pay more.
Make homebuilding easier – faster, simpler, cheaper
Make building easier
Reducing bureaucracy: We cut down bureaucracy in homebuilding and simplify the approval procedures. This saves time and money and speeds up the construction of new apartments. Less paperwork, more houses!
Fast approvals. Less paperwork.
Mobilize building land: We mobilize building land and ensure that enough plots are available for homebuilding. We advocate for an active land policy that prevents speculation in building land.
Stop speculation, mobilize land.
Funding programs: We create attractive funding programs for the construction of energy-efficient and barrier-free houses. This rewards sustainable and future-proof building.
Rent cap – but right!
Intelligent & Effective
No ideology, but science. We want housing to remain affordable! The rent cap is an important instrument to protect tenants from inflated rents. But we want to make it intelligent and effective.
Scientific investigation:
- Expert commission: Establishing a commission that scientifically examines the effect. Does it actually lead to affordable rents or does it push the market to higher prices?
- Data analysis: Analysis of rent development in various regions taking into account location, amenities, and size.
- Recommendations: Development of targeted measures that take into account the interests of tenants and landlords.
Intelligent design:
- Dynamic ceilings: Rent increases are based on actual regional price development.
- Regional differences: Consideration of local conditions instead of rigid federal rules.
- Clear exceptions: Definition of exceptions for new buildings or extensively modernized apartments, so that investments are not drained.
- Transparency: Information for tenants about their rights and the appropriate rent.
Create affordable housing
For all citizens:
- Social housing: Massive investments so that no one has to forgo an appropriate apartment due to their income.
- Promote cooperatives: Support for non-profit projects to foster community in the neighborhood.
- Rent index: Reliable and up-to-date indices as a guide for all market participants.
Improve tenant protection:
- Protection against termination: Strengthening tenants' rights against arbitrary evictions.
- Modernization surcharge: Limiting the surcharge to avoid extreme rent increases.
- Mediation offices: Promotion of out-of-court conflict resolution in rent disputes.
- Tenant protection associations: Easier access to advice and support.
Promotion of Innovation and Digitalization – Building for the Future
Future of Construction
Innovation & Research:
We invest in new construction technologies. Promoting modular construction & 3D printing to make home building faster, more efficient, and more cost-effective.
Digitalization (BIM):
Promotion of Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a standard for more efficient planning and coordination of construction projects.
Sustainability:
Use of ecological building materials, energy efficiency, and promotion of the circular economy for material reuse.
Training and Education: Qualification of professionals in the new technologies of the construction industry.
The Housing Construction Roadmap
- Tax Cuts: Reduction of property transfer tax and reform of property tax to facilitate property acquisition.
- Reducing Bureaucracy: Simplification and acceleration of approval procedures for construction projects.
- Funding Programs: Launch of programs for energy-efficient and barrier-free houses.
- Tenant Protection: Tightening of the rent cap and strengthening of protection against termination.
- Affordable Housing: Massive investment in social housing and cooperatives.
- Mobilize land: Provision of sufficient plots and stop land speculation.
- Modernization: Limiting the surcharge to avoid rent increases.
- Business support: Support for innovative and sustainable construction companies.
- Homeownership support: Special programs for young families and low-income earners.
- Combat vacancy: Activation of unused apartments for the market.
- Living in old age: Nationwide implementation of barrier-free and age-appropriate housing concepts.
Justification of the time model
Rapid relief:
Tax cuts and bureaucracy reduction immediately benefit citizens and businesses.
Investments & Planning:
The construction of housing and the promotion of companies require long-term security.
Sustainable policy:
The creation of affordable housing is an ongoing process of effort.
Our Vision
We want a Germany where everyone finds a safe and affordable home. A home that offers comfort and enables the unfolding of personality.