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Dispute between district and district town over asylum accommodation escalates: “My hat goes up”

2022-04-07T06:02:39.362Z


Day by day, more refugees from Ukraine are pouring into the district. Accommodation is urgently needed. That is why there was sharp criticism in the district committee of the attitude of the city of Weilheim to the container accommodation on Leprosenweg.


Day by day, more refugees from Ukraine are pouring into the district.

Accommodation is urgently needed.

That is why there was sharp criticism in the district committee of the attitude of the city of Weilheim to the container accommodation on Leprosenweg.

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– The containers on the Leprosenweg are now eight years old.

And according to Florian Steinbach, head of construction and property management at the district office, they are now "finished" and urgently need to be renewed.

However, the District Attorney's Office faces a number of problems.

If you buy new containers now, Steinbach calculated that it would cost at least three million euros.

No one knows whether the prices are sustainable in view of the inflation, the increase in construction costs and the sharp increase in demand in view of the wave of refugees from the Ukraine.

The problem: The new containers can only be used for a maximum of five years due to the new building regulations, which make significantly more energy-efficient specifications.

However, this is by no means enough to refinance the investments made.

The fact is that the district builds, then rents the asylum accommodation to the government and thus refinances the investment through the rent payments.

"With the investment amounts mentioned and a rental period of five years, we would arrive at a rental price of 28 euros per square meter," says District Treasurer Norbert Merk.

You don't even need to go to the government to do that.

Weilheim also does not offer a replacement property

If you are looking for a long-term lease, the new containers are out of the question.

Then a permanent building would have to be erected in modular or timber frame construction, said Steinbach in the committee.

In terms of price, this means an investment in the double-digit million range.

With a targeted useful life of 25 years, this could still be refinanced with a reasonable rental price.

But the city of Weilheim absolutely refuses to make the area available for more than a maximum of ten or twelve years.

“After that we would have to demolish the building again,” says Steinbach.

As a result, this calculation also collapses.

Now the district does not necessarily have to build on this site if the city does not want it.

"But they don't want to make another piece of land available to us."

Markus Bader is bursting at the seams: "Weilheim makes a slim foot here"

In the debate that then developed in the district committee, many Weilheim local politicians may have had their ears ringing.

Klaus Gast (CSU/Weilheim) tried to calm the mood a little.

Today's container location is in the middle of an industrial area, he said.

The building committee and city council wanted to prevent “residential use from becoming established” at this point.

In addition, there is no quality of living there, said Gast, referring to the access road to the recycling center and the railway line in the immediate vicinity.

As Markus Bader (SPD / Rottenbuch) burst the collar.

He felt like he was being made fun of, he said (using much clearer wording).

The city of Weilheim did not give any understandable reason why they did not want the accommodation at this point, but did not offer an alternative location either.

"My hat goes off when I see that Weilheim is making a slender footing here when it comes to accepting asylum seekers.

Either we are a solidary communal family or not.” Rottenbuch would have had other plans with the Ammermühle, but would have been happy to make them available immediately when the need arose for the accommodation of asylum seekers.

Peter Ostenrieder (CSU/Peiting) agreed with him.

Karl-Heinz Grehl: "There are already suitable properties"

Karl-Heinz Grehl (Greens/Weilheim) tried to mediate.

"It's a shame that negotiations with the city of Weilheim weren't finished," he said.

In Weilheim there are already suitable properties that could be used and would be better suited than the property on Leprosenweg.

Peter Erhard (CSU/Böbing) recalled with regard to the location in the commercial area that "fortunately, immission control limits apply to everyone - regardless of whether Weilheim residents or refugees live there".

District Administrator Andrea Jochner-Weiss replied that there are exceptions that would allow temporary residential development in industrial areas for asylum purposes.

The fact is that of the original 80 spaces in the containers on Leprosenweg, only 59 can currently be used for structural reasons.

According to the district office, the occupancy rate is around two-thirds.

Source: merkur

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