And once more there is sand in the gears of the turquoise-green coalition. Recently, the governing parties have had several difficulties in agreeing on concrete legislative projects. On Friday, the planned rental price brake burst – at least for the time being. The project between the ÖVP and the Greens was as good as negotiated. The Greens wanted an increase in the rental guideline values from April by 3.8 instead of 8.6 percent – and a distribution of the increase over three years. The ÖVP wanted to spread the rent increase over two years – each time by 4.3 percent. The negotiating partners were no longer far apart. And the increase in rents in old buildings would have been curbed.
