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In Heilbronn, at least 10 households, including numerous families with children, are currently dependent on affordable rented accommodation. That is around a quarter of Heilbronn's population. Since 800, the city of Heilbronn has approved around 2010 housing entitlement certificates, the entry ticket for a socially subsidized rental apartment. It is subject to income limits.
According to the city's construction monitor, the average rent for new apartments rose by an impressive 2013 percent between 2020 and 65; in 2020 it was 13,26 euros per square meter; In 2013 it was eight euros.
What is missing in the region and city of Heilbronn is a binding social quota for housing construction. For the Heilbronn municipal council, this is obviously a hot topic that has not yet been dared to be touched. To date, the committee has not been able to bring itself to a regulation that other cities have long since introduced as a regulatory instrument to reduce the pressure on the housing market: in Mannheim the mandatory quota is 30 percent for ten residential units or more, in Karlsruhe it is 30 percent, in Heidelberg and Stuttgart at 20 percent. Freiburg is the leader with a social quota of 50 percent.
My demand: only a binding social quota of at least 30 percent, preferably 50 percent, can lead to relaxation on the region's housing market in the medium term. I recommend that the rural district municipalities set up a joint initiative for affordable housing in order to create more affordable housing.
It is a sham to announce a high number of building permits when at the same time it is kept secret that hardly any social housing and affordable living space are being built or that the expiry of social ties and the sale of social housing are not offset.
The current report on construction activity in Heilbronn is the best example. Exactly 2016 new residential units came onto the market in Heilbronn between 2020 and 2. However, the statistics do not show that the proportion of social rental apartments has continued to fall.
The number of socially subsidized rental units in Heilbronn then fell from 1 (323) to 2020 (end of 1). At the end of 308, there will only be 2022 social housing units left in the city of Heilbronn - far too few for the enormous demand.
In the district of Heilbronn, too, social housing will shrink from 249 (2020) to 2030 by 214. Under construction: only 14 apartments, planned for a total of 200. In the district: four apartments under construction, with 85 planned.
"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including ... housing."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25
Why a photo of Viennese buildings as a lead for this article? Was the walk into the Neckarbogen too long?
The post photo is my responsibility. I have added a photo to the post that was already in the fundus. But I'll be happy to take up your idea and see if I can take a suitable photo during one of my upcoming walks.