2023-06-01 06:57:58
SP calls for rent moratorium – tenants’ association warns of abusive increases
Landlords who did not pass on previous reference rate cuts would not be entitled to a rent increase. In addition, costs are often overstated.
The reference interest rate has increased for the first time since 2008. So far it has sunk nine times. Residential buildings in Breitfeld in Bern.
Photo: Christian Beutler (Keystone)
After raising the reference interest rate, the tenants’ association warns once morest abusive rent increases. If landlords do not pass on previous reference rate cuts, there is no reason for an increase. And costs are often overstated.
Tenants should therefore take a close look at a rent increase, the association advises in a reaction on Thursday. In order to defend themselves once morest abusive increases, tenants must lodge an objection with the responsible arbitration board within 30 days of receiving the notification.
The reference interest rate has increased for the first time since 2008. So far it has sunk nine times. As the tenants’ association writes, the tenants would have been allowed to reduce their rents. Only 30 percent of landlords took this step.
According to the association, rents should actually have fallen by a total of nine billion francs. However, the opposite was the case: rents have been rising for years.
In order to be able to check the rent increase, the tenants’ association provides one on its website calculator ready. There you will also find a personalized letter of challenge to the arbitration authority. The arbitration process is free of charge.
SP calls for rent moratorium and controls once morest excessive rents
After the announcement of a higher reference interest rate for rents on Thursday, the SP called for a rent moratorium and controls once morest excessive rents. The party wrote in a statement that rent is becoming an increasingly large item in the household budget for many people. People with low incomes are particularly affected.
People’s purchasing power is falling because real estate companies are getting “always outrageous returns”, said SP co-president Cédric Wermuth. The same real estate companies would not have passed on the reductions of recent years to the tenants.
According to the SP, communes and cantons should be given the opportunity to check rental prices for translated returns in particularly stressed areas – for example in cities or at tourist hotspots.
The Federal Council should also issue a rent moratorium. Only if landlords can show that they are not generating excessive returns would higher rents be permissible.
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