More than half of Lower Saxony think rents in their region are too high.
53 percent are of this opinion, as shown in a survey by the Allensbach Institute for Demoscopy on behalf of the Drei Quellen media group on Tuesday.
A third rate the rents in their region as appropriate, only four percent are of the opinion that they are relatively cheap.
Hanover - Almost every second person (48 percent) perceives high costs for rent or owning a home as the most pressing problem in their own region.
Problems with the expansion of local transport come to the same value, medical care in rural areas (44 percent) is also an urgent problem for many.
Almost every third person sees the increased cost of living as a major burden.
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The pollsters surveyed more than 1100 citizens in the state in September and October.
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