The canton of Aargau can no longer cope with the refugee situation in normal operation – there is simply a lack of accommodation. That is why Aargau was forced to declare a state of emergency at the beginning of this year.
In a press release, the government council wrote at the time that “municipalities and private owners are obliged, in the event of confiscation, to make other suitable premises available as well”.
After the asylum protest in Windisch, tenants in Aargau wonder whether the emergency situation threatens them the same fate. In the municipality, about 50 tenants in three houses received a message from the landlord last week – on the grounds that asylum seekers would be accommodated in their apartments. Housing is provided in the building for 70 minors.
Canton promises restraint
At Blick’s request, the canton of Aargau now states that tenants need not worry about the asylum emergency in the canton. Due to the emergency ordinance, private owners or a municipality that owns a building cannot be obliged to fire tenants to establish asylum seekers’ homes, the canton said when asked.
Residential buildings that are currently occupied would not be seized even in an extreme emergency. Vacant properties, on the other hand, can be claimed by the canton in an emergency, provided they are suitable.
The government council will treat the possibility of seizure “with restraint and with due regard for proportionality”, the spokesman said.
Government Council SVP admitted mistakes
The responsible government council member Jean-Pierre Gallati (56, SVP) has since admitted to having made mistakes in the Windisch case. He “deplores the developments following the evaluation of the asylum accommodation for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (UMA) in Windisch”.
Speaking to Blick, he says: “I apologize to those affected and to the Windisch city council for this mistake.” When examining the suitability of the premises, the cantonal social service did not take into account the consequences of the terminations for tenants, according to the statement of the health and social service of Aargau. The canton made “wrong assumptions”. Families with children were not known to be living in the affected apartments, Gallati said. (she)
Source:Blick
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