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Anyone who lives in Haar in an apartment that belongs to the municipality can expect a rent increase.
Rents rise by up to 15 percent.
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Anyone who lives in Haar in an apartment that belongs to the municipality can expect a rent increase.
Rents rise by up to 15 percent.
Haar – Tenants of municipal apartments in Haar have to expect a rent increase.
No higher than 15 percent, but this is now possible every three years instead of the previous four.
Mayor Andreas Bukowski (CSU) speaks of a “moderate increase” if rents in municipal apartments are adjusted upwards in the future.
The rent increase should not be more than 15 percent and should not exceed the local comparative rent.
The basic rent for the 196 municipal apartments currently ranges between 6.88 and 10.81 euros.
So anyone who currently lives in a 50 square meter apartment will have to pay 532 euros (ten percent more) or 556 euros (15 percent more) instead of 9.26 euros per square meter and a rent of 481 euros.
Justified?
“We are only following the recommendation of the legislature,” said CSU parliamentary group leader Dietrich Keymer, adding: “That is justified and necessary.” Even with the increase, the rent level is below the applicable rent level in Haar and is therefore within the scope of what is possible and reasonable catch up and also create reserves for necessary energy-related renovations and maintenance measures.
The Munich rent index is used to determine the basic rent in Haar, of which there is a ten percent discount for Haar and Gronsdorf and a 20 percent discount for Ottendichl.
There are further discounts of minus 30 cents per square meter for the residential complex at Feldkirchner Straße 38, Leibstraße 24, Andreas-Kasperbauer-Straße 22 and Katharina-Eberhard-Straße 19/21, as they are on a thoroughfare.
In addition, minus 35 cents for apartments on the third floor and above without an elevator.
There are surcharges for apartments with a terrace or roof terrace (40 cents), with new flooring (50 cents) or with an additional shower or separate toilet (40 cents).
This should continue to be the case.
The values previously calculated as to whether the comparative rent is up to 25 percent above the current Haarer basic rent are to be omitted, then it has been increased by up to ten percent.
If it was over 26 percent of the comparable rent, the rent was increased by 15 percent.
A percentage difference of 26 percent was never achieved, “therefore, according to this regulation, a rent increase of 15 percent is not possible,” said Mirjam Niedermaier from the property management.
In addition, it is a “very time-consuming calculation, as each apartment has to be considered individually”.
Hence the proposal for a new regulation of rent increases with a uniform regulation of up to 15 percent for all apartments.
High rents quickly
Mike Seckinger (Greens) argued against it.
“The changes only serve to get higher rents more quickly.” The municipality is responsible for offering apartments to those who have no chance of finding suitable housing in the overheated rental market that has gotten out of hand.
The basis for an appropriate price is the creation and maintenance costs as well as the ability to generate a small return.
The costs of creation have been written off, and “we have made regular profits from rentals over the last 20 years,” says Seckinger.
The fact that these were not set aside as reserves or invested in maintenance is because the local council always decided to spend the money on other things.
“We should not abandon the path of offering socially acceptable housing and also building socially acceptable housing,” said Seckinger.
FDP local councilor Peter Siemsen also admitted that rent increases are “not a nice topic”.
“But we cannot slow down the overheated housing market with our apartments.” Peter Schießl (SPD) turned around the fact that the cheap Haar rent prices had to be raised and that necessary adjustments had to be made to the local comparative rent: “It is a flagship for the community that We can rent between six and just over ten euros.”
In contrast to the preliminary discussions in the main committee, in which the increase proposal was rejected, it found a narrow majority in the local council with 16:13 votes.
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