Rental price stop: New government protects tenants from drastic increases!

Rental price stop: New government protects tenants from drastic increases!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The new government of ÖVP, SPÖ and Neos today, on March 5, 2025, made a far -reaching decision in its first Council of Ministers, which is of great importance for all tenants. A rental price stop was decided that ensures that rents for old building, community and cooperative apartments are not increased by April. This step became necessary to prevent rents from increasing, which threatened more than three percent without this regulation. The deputy SPÖ club chairman Julia Mr. emphasized that this was "a great relief for the tenants" and a "really good start for the new coalition", like apa.at reported.

In addition, there will be no increase in rents in guideline and category apartments as well as in the non-profit area this year. Without this decision, the category rents could have increased by over five percent, while the guideline rents would have increased by around three percent. Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler pointed out that this decision will bring the tenants savings of around 140 million euros, which is particularly crucial for households in tense living situations. In a second step, the aim is to also include new apartments in future regulations, although this is more legally complicated, as The press . As far as previously known, the rent increase should be below the inflation rate in the coming years, which is an additional relief for the tenants.