AfD on housing

The AfD wants to raise the Wohngeld (housing allowance) and simplify applications. It sees this as the alternative to social housing construction, which in its view often misses its goal.

The AfD wants to pay more housing allowance. Applying should be easier. The AfD thinks this is better than building social housing. Housing cooperatives should also become more important again.

The platform criticizes that subsidized apartments often do not reach low-income people and are sometimes used to house asylum seekers. The housing allowance should be based on need. The AfD also wants to revive housing cooperatives.

The AfD wants to harmonize building law nationwide, speed up procedures, and lower construction standards to bring down building and housing costs. The special rules in the federal building code for constructing refugee housing are to be dropped.

The AfD wants building to be easier and cheaper. There should be fewer rules. The rules should be the same all over Germany. Special rules for building refugee housing should go away.

Procedures are to be sped up through less red tape and digitalization, and more building land is to be zoned. The AfD wants to cut fire, heat, and noise protection requirements to a minimum and turn away from energy rules such as the Gebäudeenergiegesetz (building energy act). Section 246 of the federal building code, which contains special rules for refugee accommodation, is to be deleted. The platform also wants to ease the housing market by making migrants without a right to stay leave the country, which it calls "remigration."

The AfD wants to make housing cheaper through a much simpler state building code, lower ancillary building costs, and tax relief. The property transfer tax on a first owner-occupied home and the annual property tax are to be abolished, and locals are to get priority for housing.

The AfD wants housing in Brandenburg to cost less. People buying their first own home should pay no tax on the purchase. The yearly property tax should also go away. Local people should get housing first. Buyers from abroad should pay more tax.

Brandenburg's building code would be replaced with a new, simpler set of rules. A funding program would support new housing cooperatives without municipal or state ownership, and low-income renters would receive support. A "young buys old" program would help young people buy existing homes in rural areas, and statewide criteria for a locals-first model would give residents priority. For buyers without German citizenship whose main residence is abroad, the property transfer tax would rise to 20 percent. The federal government would compensate municipalities for the lost property tax; the renewable energy surcharge and the broadcasting fee would also be dropped.

The AfD wants to enable more families to buy or build a home. To that end, state loans are to be expanded, guarantees granted, building land sold at a discount, and a state home-building child allowance introduced that scales with the number of children.

The AfD wants more families to be able to own a home. The state should help them with loans and guarantees. Families should get building land for less. There should be a state building allowance for children. Families with more children get more.

For loans from the state investment bank, income limits for families would rise, as would the child supplement and the basic loan. Buying existing homes that need little modernization would also become eligible. State guarantees would make up for missing equity, provided the family's finances are in order. Instead of subsidizing energy-efficient houses, the AfD wants partial loan forgiveness based on the number of children. The allowance is aimed at families buying or building for the first time.