Rent: Will you sink in the government without the FDP?

If you look primarily at the regulation of rents, you can say: Yes, apparently you can expect more from the black and red alliance than from the traffic light. In the coalition agreement, the extension of the rental price brake is specified, and the problems with so-called index rents that rise with inflation, as well as furnished and short-term rental are also addressed. All of this had been blocked by the FDP in the past government. But there are two big ones.

But one thing: A look at the traffic light coalition agreement shows that the extension of the rental price brake was also agreed there-it was never implemented. The Ministry of Justice and thus FDP Minister Marco Buschmann was responsible for tenancy law. He used the rental price brake as a negotiating mass for completely different topics until the coalition burst and the rental price brake remained untried. What is in the coalition agreement does not have to become a reality. Especially since it is not yet specific to see what black and red wants to do against alternative models such as the furnished rent.

But two: Regulation alone will not determine the price. In a situation in which there are far too few apartments for far too many interested parties in metropolitan areas, the offer in particular must increase, i.e. more: more. Black and red also has ideas for this. The new coalition wants to accelerate the planning, renew the building code and, above all, promote cheap housing for young people. Nevertheless, the market should remain tense in some regions and that rents there will not become cheaper in the next four years.