AfD on housing

The AfD wants to offer young parents a subsidized loan for a home of their own. Part of the debt would be forgiven for each child born afterward. The goal is for more German families in Saxony-Anhalt to own their homes.

The AfD wants to help parents buy a home. They should get a cheap loan. For each new child, they have to pay back less. This way, more German families should own a home.

The loan would go to parents under 40 with at least one child, up to 300,000 euros for building or buying a home they live in. For the first child born after the loan is paid out, 10,000 euros would be forgiven, and 20,000 euros for each further child. The program notes that Germany ranks second to last in an OECD comparison of home ownership rates, with Saxony-Anhalt lower still. In the AfD's view, home ownership guards against old-age poverty and ties people to where they live.

The AfD wants to secure the preservation of older buildings in Saxony-Anhalt's town centers. The platform proposes loans on special terms, fewer building rules, and a training program for do-it-yourselfers. It argues that rising construction costs combined with low rents make renovation unprofitable.

The AfD wants to save old buildings in towns. Owners should get cheap loans for repairs. There should be fewer building rules. Owners should be able to take courses. There they learn to do simple repair work themselves.

According to the platform, the old building stock in many towns faces an uncertain future 20 to 30 years after it was last renovated. It says regulations, slow procedures, and inflation drive up costs while funding programs are missing, so entire neighborhoods risk decay. The AfD wants to enable loans on special terms and sharply cut rules for tradespeople and construction firms. In addition, a part-time qualification program is meant to let owners carry out simple renovation work themselves.

The AfD wants the state to once again match federal funds for social housing one-to-one and to provide money for housing and urban development programs. This is meant above all to let municipal housing companies renovate and create affordable, low-barrier apartments.

The AfD wants to spend more money on low-cost housing. The state should pay as much as the federal government does. Municipal housing companies should use the money to renovate apartments. There should be more barrier-free apartments for older people.

The program treats the supply of social housing as part of basic public services for people with low and middle incomes. It says municipal housing companies are at risk, especially in rural areas, because state funding has been missing for years. The state investment bank's elevator program is to continue, and there are to be additional incentives for low-barrier and barrier-free apartments. Older people and people with limited mobility should thus be able to live independently at home longer instead of moving into a care facility. The companies should also be able to demolish vacant buildings.