2023-05-30 07:43:39
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housing crisis60 percent of Zurich residents expect to be pushed out of the city soon
A survey of 10,000 people by the Tsüri.ch portal shows that the housing shortage is a huge concern. A large proportion assumes that they will not be able to find an apartment in the city the next time they move.
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- Daniel Krahenbuehl
The demand for cheap cooperative or municipal housing is high.
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The risk of displacement is particularly high for single parents, foreigners or low-income earners.
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A survey by Tsüri.ch now shows that two-thirds of city dwellers expect to no longer be able to afford a city apartment following moving.
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That’s what it’s regarding
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A survey by Tsüri.ch with 9,455 people from all districts shows that many city dwellers are worried regarding the housing crisis.
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92 percent of those surveyed are worried regarding rising rents and the displacement effects of gentrification.
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The survey is not representative.
There is a shortage of empty apartments in many Swiss cities. It is particularly bad in the city of Zurich, only 0.07 percent of the apartments – i.e. only around 160 properties – are available. Donato Scognamiglio from the real estate consulting firm Iazi said in November: “It’s going to be a huge political issue that we don’t have any apartments, actually there should be street battles in Zurich.” Since then, the situation has gotten even worse: Rising rents for replacement new buildings are increasingly leading to previous tenants being squeezed out. According to an ETH study, the risk of displacement is particularly high for low earners, foreigners and single parents.
A new poll by Portals Tsüri.ch with almost 10,000 respondents shows that the population is very afraid of the consequences of the housing shortage: 92 percent of those surveyed are concerned regarding rising rents and the displacement effects of gentrification. A large proportion believe that it is unfair when low-income earners are pushed out of the city. The consequences would be a lack of diversity and communities breaking up, a city only for the rich, anonymous and faceless.
New residence in suburb or small town
Almost half of the survey participants are of the opinion that they are already paying too much rent today – on average around 650 francs too much per month. A full 60 percent of those surveyed consider it likely that the next time they move they will not have to find a new apartment in the city and have to move away. And three quarters assume that it is only a matter of time before they end up in Baden, Winterthur or Schaffhausen.
According to the survey participants, responsibility for the housing crisis lies on the one hand with politicians, which have not yet decided on any effective measures to combat the housing shortage. Institutional investors such as banks and pension funds are also to blame, as they continue to raise rents in order to achieve higher returns. There is probably no simple solution to the housing shortage. Some suggestions were made in the survey, such as building more cooperative and city housing, capping rents, controlling returns or banning Airbnb.
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