The failure of the rent brake on Wednesday caused bad breath within the coalition in the National Council. Green mandatarin Nina Tomaselli sharply criticized the ÖVP, accusing it of a policy for a “small privileged group, a policy for the few and not for the many” (see video above). The housing aids that were finally decided on are only the ‘second best solution’ for them. The ÖVP refuted their statements.
ÖVP housing spokesman Johann Singer, on the other hand, defended the rent subsidies that had been decided, emphasizing that the subsidies were not only based on reference rents, which are particularly affected by the increase this year, but on all types of rental and also real estate.
He also pointed out that the protection shield against evictions would be expanded.
Tomasseli called the ÖVP’s additional demand for the abolition of transfer tax “disproportionate”. Tomaselli’s criticism was hardly milder than that of the opposition.
SPÖ: “Ineffective work of the Greens in the government”
SPÖ club boss Pamela Rendi-Wagner had previously described the brake failure as “sad evidence” of the Greens’ “ineffective and futile work” in government. Rents will rise by an average of 25 percent in the coming years. To do nothing about it would be “negligent,” says Rendi-Wagner. The SPÖ does not agree with the sharply increased rent allowance.
FPÖ: “Aid not sustainable”
The FPÖ also does not consider the SPÖ credible, but they agreed. Mandate holder Hubert Fuchs called the 225 million in extra aid ‘unsustainable’. Rising rents will continue to fuel inflation in the coming years as higher rates continue.
NEOS: “Hornberger shooting”
On the NEOS side, Gerald Loacker also noted that inflation is fueling, but that is no longer so important given the amounts of recent months. The duel between the ÖVP and the Greens ended for him as the “Hornberger Shooting”.
Source: Krone
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