Rental price brake or rental price lid: What does tenants come up?

Rental price brake or rental price lid: What does tenants come up?

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The rental price brake recently decided by the National Council and the Federal Council is sharply criticized. FPÖ general secretary NaBG. Michael Schledlitz and residential spokesman NABG. Michael Oberlechner poses shocked by the government's "dilettantism", which despite its well -meaning intentions presented a regulation that turns out to be incorrect. According to Schledlitz, those responsible must remedy the mistake immediately, otherwise this could be assessed as an admission that the accommodation of tenants was not the true motivation of this legislative initiative, but only a tactical action for voter acquisition.

The problem lies in the fact that the regulation, which should stop an increase in the rental direction values ​​from April 1, only applies to new rentals. Contracts in which rent increases are linked to the consumer price index remain legally untouched. Therefore, up to 50 percent of all existing rental contracts could be insufficiently protected. Experts from the tenant association pointed out that the new provisions are not sufficient to create real relief for tenants, and criticize the lack of a realistic approach for unregulated rental relationships in private new construction.

criticism and analysis of the rental price lid

The rental price lid that the government introduced in December 2023 is said to apply to around 1.2 million households, but there are essential exclusions. Around 425,000 households in the unregulated private sector, including business premises, do not benefit from this measure. The tenant association confirms a trend -like step backwards in rental policy, which continues to be disproportionately burdened by many tenants. The new regulations do not guarantee the necessary relief in view of the increasing living costs.

In addition, it is predicted that rental prices for category tenants could even increase, while the tenant association suggests a model that provides for a real rental price brake with an upper limit of 2 percent per year, regardless of building age or contract details. It remains uncertain whether and how the government will react to these increasing reviews, while many tenants continue to look at their next rental bills.