Munich is an expensive place for tenants.
Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) wants to kill two birds with one stone.
His idea sounds a bit cumbersome: “Common good apartments”.
Munich - Social landlords should have to pay less taxes.
Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) is campaigning for this in a letter to the future Federal Chancellor, Olaf Scholz (SPD).
The Munich city hall boss has also addressed his letter to the party leaders of the Greens, FDP and SPD.
Munich: Private landlords should receive income from cheap apartments tax-free
Reiters suggestion: Anyone who, as a private landlord, agrees to offer their apartment at least 15 percent below the local rent index, should receive the income tax-free.
The idea of so-called “common good apartments” comes from a group of experts from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Reiter had met the scientists as part of his future dialogue.
He considers this instrument to be suitable for killing two birds with one stone: On the one hand, affordable living space can be maintained, and at the same time landlords are not restricted by excessive regulations and bans.
Reiter believes: "The creation of a common good apartment could have a significant effect on the housing situation in Munich."
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Tax trap real estate inheritance in Munich: Family ownership often goes to investors
In his letter to the prospective coalition partners in Berlin, the mayor also denounced the provisions on gift and inheritance tax. Here, too, the current legal situation often prevents social tenancies from continuing. Reason: When renting property is transferred to the next generation, the gift and inheritance tax is generally based on the potential earnings value of the building or the apartments. On the other hand, it does not matter whether a landlord rents out according to social criteria. Reiter: "In some cases, this means that landlords are forced to sell to investors due to the level of gift or inheritance tax." They then almost never orient themselves to social criteria when renting a new one. The
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has repeatedly had such cases in the past - as recently reported in Haidhausen.
Reiter also considers these excesses to be absurd and sums it up: "The federal legislature cannot want to actively participate in the repression, as it were."
After the drama in Haidhausen: Lawyer explains how to inherit houses in a clever way - “This is how you save 300,000 euros in taxes.”
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