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The extremely tense situation in the housing market kept parliament busy – at least marginally – on Monday. The Council of States instructed the Federal Council to draw up a kind of master plan to combat the housing shortage and steadily rising rents.
On the one hand, the government should investigate the causes of the housing shortage. What role does the Spatial Planning Act play, for example? And what about the free movement of people? On the other hand, concrete measures must be adopted to avert the crisis.
Left pressure
The demand goes back to the Lucerne FDP Council of States Damian Müller (38). Further progress in housing policy has been postponed until next week because an initial discussion about easing the arms export regime has taken a long time.
Geneva SP councilor Carlo Sommaruga (63), chairman of the tenants’ association, criticized the fact that Müller’s request only wanted to give the Bundesrat a chance to put the issue on the back burner. From his point of view, you don’t have to analyze for long, but you have to act now as quickly as possible.
Some want more, others less regulation
It is clear to him: to tackle the housing shortage, one should think of an Airbnb ban, for example. Or temporary housing can be built on industrial sites as an emergency measure for people who cannot find a home and need temporary shelter. The city of Lausanne has already done so. And to halt the rise in rents, Sommaruga referred to state rent control, with which Geneva and Basel-Stadt are already familiar and the left has long been calling for.
Only: the recipes of the left against the housing shortage are not those of the right. While the former argue for more regulation, the common people see the solution on the contrary: less regulation. For example, the rules for noise protection and the protection of the fatherland and monuments should be relaxed, said FDP representative Damian Müller.
Parmelin responds to criticism
Economy Minister Guy Parmelin (63) is in no hurry. A committee made up of representatives from the Confederation, cantons and cities currently meets once a year to discuss housing policy issues. Green National Council member Michael Töngi (55) wanted to know from the Federal Council on Monday whether that was not enough given the current crisis. Parmelin’s response: The current meeting pace is considered appropriate.
He pointed out that the Federal Housing Office is currently examining measures. Which remains unclear. In any case, they’re not ready to say goodbye, Parmelin said.
The economy minister rejected the allegation of twiddling his thumbs – and instead gave back. He testified to the lack of will of the political participants to sit down together and find solutions. “If you showed any good will, the situation would be diametrically different,” he said.
Source:Blick
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